Ray LaMontagne Quotes
Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.
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I aspire only to silence.
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I haven't seen the show, but when it was finished I felt good about what we had done. I don't know how it will stack up with Survival, but that'll be up to the critics.
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As I've always said: The future lies ahead.
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Listening is the key to everything good in music.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.
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Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
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Siva is one of the best writers in the industry, and 'Srimanthudu' is a great script.
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I don't feel famous.
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The body, what is it, Father, but a sign To love the force that grows us, to give back What in Thy palm is senselessness and mud?
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I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that.
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Philanthropic dollars are precious resources, so it's our responsibility to consider how we use them carefully. Yet few of us spend enough time doing so.
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I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.
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I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
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Christ told his disciples not to be anxious about tomorrow, but he never said not to consider tomorrow. Intelligent problem solving demands careful consideration of the future effects of present solutions.
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People in great trouble don't change to other people. They only change to themselves.
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We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
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God, stay with me, let no word cross my lips that is not your word, no thoughts enter my mind that are not your thoughts, no deed ever be done or entertained by me that is not your deed.
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I've just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it's been so rewarding for me. I feel like there's so much potential in mandarin music, and there's so much, you know, ground left to be broken.
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Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.
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Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.
