William Shakespeare Quotes
See the minutes, how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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When you are honest and open with young people, they let you in.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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With 'Nip/Tuck,' I had never even done anything before I got on that show. They created that character for me. I was reading for something else.
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I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about the intricacies of the game.' I mean, you wouldn't cast an overweight guy with stubble if you were doing a ballet film.
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Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
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Writing is immensely difficult. The short forms especially.
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Give them pleasure – the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.
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I love school, and I love learning, and school really does inspire me for a lot of my writing - just being in public school with people and watching things happen.
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Straight up. You can't mess with Jay when it's time to come play.
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I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
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It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made love to my records so what I've delivered this time is an album about sex. Pretty much every song has that theme. Straight no chasers, it's booty music!
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See the minutes, how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring about the day; How many days will finish up the year; How many years a mortal man may live.
