Karl Jaspers Quotes
Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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I see the human in everyone and everything. No one is more important than anyone else; I still hang out with my high school friends.
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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
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My approach to directing is to not do very much directing. I'm mainly interested in what the creative group individually and together are thinking.
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I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.
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He heard that whenever a woman was to blame for a disappointment, the best way to avoid a scene was to inculpate oneself.
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Love works not for profit nor reward; yet God has ordained that great gain shall be the certain result of every labor of love.
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Every so often you get to play wonderful characters maybe at the wrong time in your life. Sometimes, you get to play terrible characters at a really great time in your life. Sometimes, the right character comes along at the right time.
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Philosophic meditation is an accomplishment by which I attain Being and my own self, not impartial thinking which studies a subject with indifference.
