Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Do you not remember me, Nicodemus, who believed in naught but the laws and decrees and was in continual subjection to observances? And behold me now, a man who walks with life and laughs with the sun from the first moment it smiles upon the mountain until it yields itself to bed behind the hills.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.
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New York's definitely got my heart.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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I got to go back and perform 'God Made Girls' on 'The Voice,' which was awesome. I also got invited to sing on the 'Grand Ole Opry,' which was another unbelievable moment.
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Money is not important to me. What makes me feel successful is making the people I love happy.
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I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.
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We're all so mauled by information, but it's recycled information. We need to shut it out. So, you've got to get bizarre. This is an artist's purpose - to break away from the recycled. Performance art can do that.
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
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I'm very blessed that I have such a supportive wife who is secure with letting me embarrass myself.
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To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.
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Helping others is the way we help ourselves.
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Do you not remember me, Nicodemus, who believed in naught but the laws and decrees and was in continual subjection to observances? And behold me now, a man who walks with life and laughs with the sun from the first moment it smiles upon the mountain until it yields itself to bed behind the hills.
