Samuel Butler Quotes
When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
Quotes to Explore
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
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If you publish something in traditional media, it's one-way. With social media, we get all this info coming back from those who read our posts.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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You have to tease your family. You tease the ones that you're closest to.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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When we started looking at the bigger television ecosystem, you see that there's not that many serialized TV shows being made for TV. The economics are lousy: They don't sell into syndication well; they're expensive to produce.
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I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.
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When I was 14, I would sit up in my room and write till my eyes would bleed.
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A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.
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I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness.
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When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.
