Samuel Butler Quotes
When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
Quotes to Explore
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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
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Old habits die hard. I don't like spending money willy-nilly.
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The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.
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He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise.
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Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.
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I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.
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You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.
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People need to take a breath and remember that it's only fashion. Relax. No one's going to die.
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As philanthropists, the most powerful legacy we can create is one that keeps on giving - through our children.
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The thing about Wagner is we're always wrong about him, because he always embraces opposites. There are things in his operas which viewed one way are naturalistic, and viewed another way are symbolic, but the problem is you can't represent both views on stage at once.
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He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
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I call him free who is led solely by reason.
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Everyone is going to die.
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After 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' I had a bit of an identity crisis as far as where I wanted to place myself in the business. When it's all new and fresh, there is a lot of pressure to know what you represent, and I didn't really get that.
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Our forefathers used to live longer and healthy lives.
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This excessive love for 'the balance of power' is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of out-door relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.
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Compassion is to look beyond your own pain, to see the pain of others.
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But the challenge must be faced squarely. I believe we can overcome it through our own efforts. We must do so. They key is our national power. Take courage from our national pride and traditions, no matter how thorny the road to independence may be.
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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
