Billy Joel Quotes
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
Quotes to Explore
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.
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When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.
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The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
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I really have paid my dues. When I get to stay in fancy hotel suites these days, I remind myself of that.
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I first started acting in primary school, just doing little plays. And from the moment I began, something just went 'click' inside me. Suddenly I wasn't shy anymore. Instead I felt confident and happy. I can remember the enormous sense of relief it gave me. I loved the feeling of making people laugh.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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There have been funny sequels, but I don't know if there have been that many that feel like they're - you know - they're just as great a movie to watch, just as fun an experience but different.
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I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
