Pyotr Ouspensky Quotes
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
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Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.
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When you're 47 years old and playing at a world-class level in the fastest sport, and you have zero percent body fat, you need to be brought down a peg as often as possible.
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I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.
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Most people imagine music playing in their heads, but some hallucinate music; some cannot sleep because of the soundtrack in their mind.
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I have no shame in making music that maybe, if you listen to it long enough, you'll realize you've heard this or that part of it before. I'm still very excited by an amazingly written song, so that's really the thing that I work on when I make records with people.
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Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.
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We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. ... One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.
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Del Piero is known for his sense of humour. He once joked that if Lippi does not convoke him to the World Cup in Germany, he would 'run him over with his car and sink his damn boat'.
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Collige, virgo, rosas, dum flos novus et nova pubes,et memor esto aevum sic properare tuum.
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Anxiety is a useful tool: it forces us to make plans. But when too much anxiety freezes us into indecision, it needs checking.
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I'm a geek! I'm a fan girl; I'm very proud of that. Get me near Orlando Jones, it will not be pretty.
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It's kind of weird talking about yourself all the time.
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I am a big, big geek at heart and a Sci-fi fan. And I love the Comic-Cons.
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The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.
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In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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When you've already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective.
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Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.
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I just continue to be kind of disappointed that people don't realize that and try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.
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We make fun of them in front of their faces, and laugh at them for not understanding we are insulting them.
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Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'
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The most difficult thing is to know what we do know, and what we do not know.
