William Shakespeare Quotes
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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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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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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There's no musical landscape to poetry. It has somewhat of a higher standard than songs, I think.
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I will go running when I'm stressed out. The running helps, but more than anything, I'll put music on and then I'll run. I'll cry and get it all out.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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The air in a man's lungs 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms, so that sooner or later every one of us breathes an atom that has been breathed before by anyone you can think of who has ever lived - Michelangelo or George Washington or Moses.
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I'm interested in power.
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The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.
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It's very hard to describe to people sometimes the way I grew up, because it wasn't like my parents were irresponsible. They weren't necessarily reckless, but they were bringing all types of energy into the house, all kinds of people.
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Don't go looking at me like that because you'll wear your eyes out.
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A light heart lives long.
