P. D. James Quotes
Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.
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First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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Take good care of our fragile planet.
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But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way.
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When I was single, I was down to $100 of power a year.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I came into the rap game in 1992; my life was changing, but my group wasn't successful; I also saw the biggest rappers in the world die all of a sudden in the ensuing years, so it was a matter of conquering yourself before you can conquer the world.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
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I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.
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I've always looked old for my age.
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Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone.
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I grew up in a farm town in Indiana. In the early years I played by myself, because there were no other musicians around.
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The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.
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I think humor is used a lot of the time to keep people from getting too close. Humor side-steps and shifts the meaning.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.
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True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.
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The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.
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Suicide is the most private and mysterious of acts, inexplicable because the chief actor is never there to explain it.
