Levon Helm Quotes
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
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I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
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With every story that TV covers, somebody - some corporation, some shareholders - are making money. That's true whether covering Libya, Iraq, the tsunami in Japan, Osama bin Laden, whatever story there is. That day, the shareholders are making money off it. Every newspaper that's sold, somebody's making a dime.
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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.
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You always read stories of people going out to California and making it as an actor with, like, two dollars, so I figured I'd try it.
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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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I like trying to make sounds that are interesting and are a bit weird. I try to make music that captures people's imaginations.
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I haven't put an ounce of effort into my families. I never have.
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Leading the SMU men's basketball program is an honor and a responsibility that I take very seriously.
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The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.
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quoted in American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good (2015)
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Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
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Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.
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In general, I think people should be skeptical of the Internet as a reference tool because so much of what's on it is unreliable and costumed - a hall of mirrors.
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If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.
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I started to draw desert islands. They were just rough, shapes in the middle of the page. Then I began drawing shapes within those shapes and I was amazed how quickly the islands got better. It took off from there.
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Up until today evil has lured goodness into evil, but goodness has not been able to lure evil into goodness. This may be the reason why up to today Christianity has not been able to boldly fulfill the Will of God.
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I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.
