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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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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Why, you're all grown up! The last time I saw you I was trying to throw thumbtacks into your cradle!
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I've always loved dogs and have had one since I was three. We bought her from a kid selling puppies out of a cardboard box on the street where we lived in New York City. Great dog. We named her 'Marcella' after a Raggedy Ann character. She grew up with us.
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"To be or not to be is" [by William Shakespeare] beyond anything I can comprehend. I understand it on a superficial level, but the depth of it just boggles my mind. I think it's probably the greatest of all speeches ever written.
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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.
