Billy Joel Quotes
You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
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Australians don't have a preconceived notion of what things have to be... we can go on a fantastic journey.
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A lot of times, I'm singing things that are observational and am definitely including myself.
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I had a major bug for cities and for paintings and literature and all the things I thought went on in cities.
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Do all things with love.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
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Beckett had an unerring light on things, which I much appreciated.
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I just write mechanical things.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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It's tough, but you learn your lesson from all the mistakes you make.
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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it.
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I've done a lot of things that I regret.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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We all make mistakes, and we all need second chances. For youth in foster care, these mistakes are often purposeful - if not consciously so; a way to test the strength of a bond and establish trust in a new parent.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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I didn't do the typical things that young kids do.
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I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.
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It is noticeable how intuitively in age we go back with strange fondness to all that is fresh in the earliest dawn of youth. If we never cared for little children before, we delight to see them roll in the grass over which we hobble on crutches. The grandsire turns wearily from his middle-aged, careworn son, to listen with infant laugh to the prattle of an infant grandchild. It is the old who plant young trees; it is the old who are most saddened by the autumn; and feel most delight in the returning spring.
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I haven't given any thought to collaborating with my sisters. It would be great fun. My daughter Molly is a wonderful writer - someday I'd love to collaborate with her.
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Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.
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One who practices pure religion soon discovers it is more rewarding to lift a man up than to hold him down.
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You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.
