Pyotr Ouspensky Quotes
a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
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The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.
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I don't think it's good for people to know too much about you. With my favourite bands, I don't want to have the inside track on every single aspect of their personal lives.
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Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?
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Truth is the best defense.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.
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While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
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Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.
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If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.
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I've done some good work and some not-good work.
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It felt when I was growing up that sport was, like, the only thing you should do... if you do music, you're really different and a bit weird.
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I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.
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Well if you don’t want me to grow up talkin‘ that way, why do you send me to school?
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Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.'
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These stories get made up, and I don’t know from where. I have no idea. I didn’t make that one up - sometimes I make my own stories up - but I didn’t make that one up.
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In fairness to Edwards, asking a trial lawyer to name his favorite moral leader is like asking the president of Iran to name his favorite Jew. (Answer: George Soros.) If you're keeping score, that's two major religions the Democrats lack a working knowledge of - Christianity and Islam.
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As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new.
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I was a wrestler in high school, and that was a pretty big part of my life.
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Love, like broken porcelain, should be wept over and buried, for nothing but a miracle will resuscitate it: but who in this world has not for some wild moments thought to recall the irrecoverable with words?
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a man can be given only what he can use; and he can use only that for which he has sacrificed something
