Saul Bellow Quotes
I have begun in old age to understand...that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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As an Olympic champion gymnast, I have always stayed involved in my sport.
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I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. 'Fly Me to the Moon' was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. I'm the only one.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
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And the ability of citizens to organize and advocate for change - that's the oxygen upon which democracy depends.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6.
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There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
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Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movies, and Marilyn, who was ahead of me, was doing a lot of homogenized movies that weren't quite as wild as the ones I was doing. Jayne was more of a character of herself.
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Bronagh looks after the kids and without her the family would disintegrate... there are some things you can't discuss with anyone other than your wife. There has to be a strong bond of trust.
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Sometimes you don't realize how far you've gotten until you look around at the people who are still trailing far behind you.
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I have begun in old age to understand...that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with others.
