Samuel Butler Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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So many good fortunes have come my way, and I'm trying to pay it forward by helping to raise money to complete 'Bulbul: Song Of The Nightingale,' a documentary that brings attention to the social and human injustices suffered by the Banchara tribe in India.
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I think any song should sound good just played on a solitary instrument with the vocal. If you have those basics you have all you need. The production then just polishes that idea into the finished thing.
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I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am.
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I wanted this, I wanted to do this, but my work is me, and it has to be right.
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The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
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It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.
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Mozart's job classification was to write music, which he did for ballets and operas. He got paid to do that, and taught on the side. He wasn't a waiter. He didn't sell mutual funds. Those are all noble professions, but if you want to be a professional composer, then you're writing dramatic music for film and television.
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The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.
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The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
