William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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Guys like Clyde McPhatter used to sing their tail ends off!
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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I think the art world heightens the intensity of desires for inclusion, and the humiliations of exclusion, which is why it's a great place to circulate when you are in the lucky position, as I am, of not wanting or needing anything from anyone.
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We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
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Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.
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Perhaps fantasy offers imaginative escapism more than other genres.
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Someone who's a great hero of mine and has become a friend is Patti Smith.
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The world is good natured to people who are good natured.
