Billy Joel Quotes
You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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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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From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
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I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.
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The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.
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Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling – I can so well remember it. There was always something more – behind and beyond everything – to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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There are tons of women's perfumes that I've smelt and been like, 'I love that. I would totally wear that,' and lots of women smell a lot of men's cologne and think the same thing about that. I think there should be no reason to put gender on it.
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You think education is something to be done when all else fails?
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Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs.
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To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime.
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You see firemen, you see cops, and these guys risk their lives everyday. They do this all the time . . . to be able to see a smile on some of these people's faces -- they've gone through so much, they've lost so many of their friends.
