Cornelius Cardew Quotes
“The desire always to be right is an ignoble taskmaster, as is the desire for immortality. The performance of any vital action brings us closer to death; if it didn't it would lack vitality. Life is a force to be used and if necessary used up.”
Quotes to Explore
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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I don't know that human beings were meant to mate for life or be monogamous. But, for me, the aspect of marriage that is troubling is that it's a contract that is governed by the state, and I don't want the state to have control over my personal affairs.
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One of the most important things you can do in your life is to learn to pull back the curtain of fear so you can see it for what it really is - the enemy blowing a lot of smoke and pushing your buttons.
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The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child.
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I want nothing to do with O.J. Simpson. I want that name so far behind me, I want it out of my life.
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Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978.
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The United States is no longer first in the world in upward mobility. We can reverse that trend by giving our young children an equal start in life as they begin their journey to fulfill the American Dream.
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Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
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After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.
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The biggest privilege I've had in my life is being able to make a choice. If you make a choice, it can't be a wrong choice because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright must subject himself to intense critique, to know human character and behavior, and finally to construct art from the most mundane of human experience.
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It's always good to take something that's happened in your life and make something of it comedically.
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I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time.
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I needed a lot of the good things that church provided. But as I grew older, it became increasingly hard for me to rationalize the importance of church in my life with the beliefs that it required that were at odds with modern science.
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The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.
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I'm very wholehearted. I want to concentrate on one thing in my life at one time.
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Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.
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There's only so much you can control in life.
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I've soaked up so much through dancing, but I also have to be still. I want to be silent and read, to shut up and take time to respect the vision someone put into a book.
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Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
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“The desire always to be right is an ignoble taskmaster, as is the desire for immortality. The performance of any vital action brings us closer to death; if it didn't it would lack vitality. Life is a force to be used and if necessary used up.”
