Jack White Quotes
I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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As members of Congress, we take an oath to uphold the Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the United States, not the Republican or Democratic party. I have been willing to stand up to my own leadership when it's in the national interest.
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Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
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I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.
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It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
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Only a dad with a tired face,Coming home from the daily race,Bringing little of gold or fameTo show how well he has played the game;But glad in his heart that his own rejoiceTo see him come and to hear his voice.
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Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.
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Ecce parens verus patriae.
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If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.
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I'm claustrophobic. I can't go into haunted houses. They have these tight, dark, enclosed space. I freak out. That's my phobia. It gets me out of stuff. Someone asks me to do something and I tell them I can't because I'm claustrophobic.
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Lying damages others. Lying subtly permits us to destroy ourselves as we are caught in the snare and shatter our own self-image and credibility. Freedom from deceit and lying improves self and gives all of us peace of mind.
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Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters.
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My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.
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Some things happen by accident - embrace them.
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I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.
