Samuel Beckett Quotes
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I think that a lot of us, whether we are religious or not - there are no words to express some things except religious words. For instance, 'soul.'
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While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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The word 'grace' means after we must have done everything humanly possible, we must leave the issue with God. That is grace.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in a fire that could have been prevented at the cost of pennies by making a couple simple changes to the construction of a cigarette.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
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I moved out at 18. I always studied classes and trained a lot, you know. I think nowadays is such a different time because there's so many channels promoting the celebrity aspect of things.
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I never desperately wanted to be a jazz drummer. If anything, I was motivated a lot by fear. Fear of the conductor, fear of the future.
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The customer in this business is now more business-orientated than technically orientated.
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I admit that thoughts influence the body.
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Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by the automobile and its needs-by freeways, highways, garages, gas stations, car lots, parking lots. And all of it is blanketed with anonymity and foul air.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
