Carl Nielsen Quotes
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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I can knit quite well. I make really long scarves.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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In seeking a lawyer, you are looking for an advocate, an expert advisor on the law and on your rights and responsibilities, a strategist, a negotiator, and a litigator.
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Kevin Bacon and I went up for the same stuff, and people would say, 'You and Kevin have the same quality.' I was like, 'I do?' I remember seeing 'Footloose' and thinking, 'How do I have any kind of quality that that guy does?'
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When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen.
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Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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Verdiana was the child of poor though well-born parents, and her knowledge of the sufferings of the poor from her own experience in early years made her ever full of pity for those in need.
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Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.
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Can life be defined? Well, how would you go about it? Well, of course, you'd go to Encyclopedia Britannica and open at L. No, of course you don't do that; you put it somewhere in Google. And then you might get something.
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I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd.
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I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.
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I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.
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Music is life and, like it, inextinguishable.
