Hermann Hesse Quotes
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
-
I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
-
Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.
-
I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
-
My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relationship. They were great partners, they were great parents, and they were great friends throughout my whole life until I was about 25, at which point they realized that they could relinquish; they could call it and move on.
-
I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
-
Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People who work hard on the road as truckers, people who work hard using their hands. Then there are people who are fortunate enough to have my life, people who play these characters who embody these qualities.
-
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
-
My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
-
When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
-
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
-
Looking back, I've always enjoyed hearing about the lives of other people, their experience through their jobs, their lives, and their children. It's always been a treat to hear about others.
-
To lead people walk behind them.
-
The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.
-
That's definitely something I've experienced my whole life - people thinking one thing and then discovering that I'm not, hopefully. So I relate to having to fight that and claim my own identity, when people are trying to throw different ones at me.
-
I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
-
It's not humanly possible for anyone not to go through changes. Change is a constant in everyone's life, even in mine. I have enjoyed the change at every stage of my life.
-
I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
-
'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of this island? What is going to happen to them? What is their ultimate fate? What is their ultimate destiny? Those questions need to get answered.
-
Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.
-
Versace was and still is about the sophisticated woman who is elegant, not afraid of her own sensuality, and not afraid to dare or take risks in life.
-
When I got divorced, I thought 'Well, there goes my act.'
-
In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.
-
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
