Richard Wagner Quotes
I have only a mind to live, to enjoy - i.e., to work as an artist, and produce my works; but not for the muddy brains of the common herd.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.
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Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.
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I'm fascinated by male vulnerability.
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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It certainly will be if you are still around.
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Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.
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So why did I think about her every second? Why was I so much happier the minute I saw her? I felt like maybe I knew the answer, but how could I be sure? I didn't know, and I didn't have any way to find out. Guys don't talk about stuff like that. We just lie under the pile of bricks.
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I also began hearing the lyrics. A friend suggested I talk to a producer.
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If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.
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I'm not saying that McDonald's gift certificates caused the obesity epidemic, but in retrospect, the timing is kind of suspicious.
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If you know the why, you can live any how.
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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.
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We're all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we're aware of it or not.
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When ordinary Soviet citizens are told that a vital trade agreement awarding their country most-favoured-nation status with the US is being blocked in Congress because Soviet Jews are demanding as an absolute right something few other inhabitants can expect as a special privilege - then the result is likely to be spontaneous outbreaks of anti-Semitism.
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You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and soar with them above a common bound.
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Women are the field that produces our nation. And if you can't protect your women, you can't protect your nation.
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I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic one moment, and you're a psychologist the next moment, an athlete the next moment... when you are out on the playground or coaching...so it enables you to play different roles.
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I have only a mind to live, to enjoy - i.e., to work as an artist, and produce my works; but not for the muddy brains of the common herd.
