Billy Joel Quotes
Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It won't work. That's why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. They're all religious problems.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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I've never been one for crushing on famous people.
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Always have a plan when you shop. Have your list ready so that you know who you're purchasing gifts for and an estimate on how much you're going to spend.
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The Wachowskis' use of space rivals that of musical directors like Gene Kelly and Mark Sandrich.
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We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.
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I don't mind trying it out and making sure something seems to work well.
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Classical music always had a great influence on me. In fact some of my songs have a classical theme in mind.
