Carole King Quotes
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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Marriage was created not to be a background but to need one. Mine is going to be outstanding. It can't, shan't be the setting - it's going to be the performance, the lively, lovely, glamorous performance, and the world shall be the scenery.
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Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular satisfaction. Indeed, I can say with complete truthfulness that everything I have learned in my seventy-five years in this world, everything that has truly enhanced and enlightened my existence, has been through affliction and not through happiness, whether pursued or attained
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.
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I love that I wrote with all kinds of different people.
