William Blake Quotes
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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I never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just thought there was a recognition that they lived differently - they primarily lived on the other side of town. And we're both poor, but that's kind of it. There wasn't much explicit statement of kinship or of the lack of kinship.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination.
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Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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It's the face and the body and the thing that we hide inside that can keep us from the world, but my voice is my voice.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Who buys French cars? Not me.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.
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I've never felt massively satisfied from standing there while someone takes my photograph. It's never given me a thrill.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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Most trouble is unnecessary. Between the indignity of being born and the agony of dying enough bad things must of necessity happen to people. But we can't be satisfied with that. We have to go to work and see how much additional trouble we can create. Misunderstanding, turmoil, effort put on all the wrong things, and then more misunderstanding.
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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.
