Al Stewart Quotes
We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty not turning to see how far we've come. And peer down the highway from here to eternity and reach out for love on the run.
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My favourite authors are Milan Kundera and Jeanette Winterson.
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I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.
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So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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I am not here to beat anyone. I am here to make a name for myself, and I am glad to work with great directors. I don't believe in the term 'next superstar.'
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When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.
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I'm not registered to any party. I don't really play in the political world. I'm really more interested in getting things done.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
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As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.
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Bear patiently with a rival.
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When you have children, that's your main focus.
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Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.
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I always talk about my characters like they're real people.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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I take with me the conscience of defeat as a victory banner.
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The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.
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To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.
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Beauty attracts beauty. If you want to know what you are, look at what you are drawn to.
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There's a lot of levels of metanarrative that I like to play with. That's why I like the Ghostfacers, because we actually managed to come back off the strike with an episode that claimed that the CW wasn't able to get an episode of Supernatural done fast enough. So the prelude to 'Ghostfacers!' is the Ghostfacers going, 'Yeah, those fat-cat writers, we've got a show that's better than that bullshit anyway.' I mean, that's pretty cool in the world of metanarrative, which is, I have to admit, one of my abiding passions.
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We measure our days out in steps of uncertainty not turning to see how far we've come. And peer down the highway from here to eternity and reach out for love on the run.
