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.
Richard Wagner
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Leon Uris
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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.
Kami Garcia
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I also began hearing the lyrics. A friend suggested I talk to a producer.
Ben Savage
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If I wait for someone else to validate my existence, it will mean that I’m shortchanging myself.
Zanele Muholi
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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.
Jim Gaffigan
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If you know the why, you can live any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Cut out doors and windows for the house. The holes make it useful.
Lao Tzu
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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.
William Penn
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Admittedly communism has not been achieved in Russia. State socialism has been built.
Joseph Stalin
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These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.
Plato
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If successful people have one common trait, it's an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what they need without asking for permission; they're driven, talented, and work through negatives by focusing on the positives.
Mike Zimmer
