Fernando Pessoa Quotes
I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
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It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
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Theater owners are exerting a lot of power over the studios to withhold access to content that people want to see. That's bad for consumers, that's bad for studios, and ultimately, I think it will be bad for theaters.
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In 2008, I was in a London park when I came across a fledgling crow that had fallen from the top of an oak tree. A woman happened to be passing, and she said that she rescued animals, so she invited me back to her house. It turned out she was the wife of Jeff Beck. Jeff was there, and we ended up jamming together.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
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I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
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The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds.
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I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful.
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Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us.
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How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
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No person may enjoy outstanding success without good health.
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success in L.A. is completely arbitrary. One day you're the brilliant genius of life, the next day people act like there's a bad smell when you approach. Lots of expensive, late-model cars are offered in the L.A. Times every day by people who have suddenly begun to smell bad. The stakes are just too high for human dignity.
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I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.
