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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Lilith might be strong enough now to handle troublemakers herself, but she did not want to do that unless she had to. It would not help the people become a community, and if they could not unite, nothing else they did would matter.
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The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.
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"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, flourishing his bread-and-cheese knife in the air, "in the human heart that had better not be wibrated..."
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The questions people have are sometimes soulful, sometimes zany, sometimes incoherent. I want to make a 'zine with just the questions I get emailed to me.
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If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.
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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.
