Confucius Quotes
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.
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Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.
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You usually get a script and you tell people what the story's about, and they have no idea what's going on. Whereas with an adaptation, you come into it, and it seems like everyone you talk to has a million opinions on the cast and the way the story should be told.
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All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them.
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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
