Pyotr Ouspensky Quotes
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If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I always love the quirky stuff, which is why I love 'Childrens Hospital.' That really pushes the envelope of comedy.
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This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
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One of the fine moments in 1940s film is no longer than a blink: Bogart, as he crosses the street from one bookstore to another, looks up at a sign.
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There's a time and place for everything. You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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I dress for men.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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I think you have an obligation to share what you know as a writer.
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My sweet spot, the stuff I like the most, is hopeful melancholy. Optimistic melancholy.
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But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its spirit is so favorable to tyranny that it always profits by such a regime. True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not much mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes.
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It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.
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When there is a solid base of Italian players, those who come in take their example, and then everyone is working in the same direction.
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Desire is when you do what you want, will is when you can do what you do not want.
