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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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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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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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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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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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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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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I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.
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Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.
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When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
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When I write songs, I like to write lyrics first, and I think that's different from a lot of singer-songwriters. But I heard Sammy Cahn was asked what comes first, the lyrics or the music, and he said, 'The paycheck.'
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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.
