Ka Quotes
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You can never plan the future by the past.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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You must learn to take life less seriously and to laugh.
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For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.
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Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.
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I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.
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I feel like my life has always been the 'Hey Look at Me Show.' I'm not apologetic about that.
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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
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One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.
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My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad was determined to make sure that we didn't want for things. He wanted to give us more opportunity than he had, a better shot at a better life.
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I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages, I heard the real, raw, true rhythms and realised the origins of the old Negro spirituals I grew up with in the South.
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People don't know what they are doing most of the time. They don't know what they want. It's only in 'the movies' that they know what their problems are and have game plans to deal with them.
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Your life is your own, your glory is your glory, but you will lose it if you keep it for yourself. Grasp it for the sake of others.
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While the past is the past, it often affects our decisions later on in life.
