Gavin de Becker Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
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My eldest sister Beth is a doctor who studied at Harvard and Columbia and played basketball for Harvard. She set the athletic and academic standard for the rest of us to follow.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so I took a creative writing course for something different.
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We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.
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You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements.
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I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably was more like what we think of boys as being: hard to pin down and wary of commitment.
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Dancing is a beautiful thing.
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Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior.
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Piano is like drudgery.
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I collect movies, I still buy records constantly. I collect musical instruments and most of my time I spend making music, it's pretty much what I do 90% of the time I'm home. Aside from just normal stuff, I walk the dog, I hang out with my girlfriend, get dinner. Pretty mellow stuff.
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You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
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What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.
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The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.
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In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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There's no wrong time to make the right decision.
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In fact, the underlying principle of the baroque is the idea of transformation, of movement, and animals becoming man, and man becoming animals, and mythology. It was a way to inspire pre-Christian character.
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The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had.
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Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard.
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Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.
