Carly Simon Quotes
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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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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I'm no ethnomusicologist. There is a connection between the five-note scale used both in traditional Chinese music and the blues, but I don't really understand it. All I know is, whenever I play with Chinese musicians, we seem to belong to the same musical gene pool.
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What's certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cuba's can't continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually.
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I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.
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For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and error, for sure.
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I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.
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Vince Vaughn is a genuine person, awesome guy. He'll come to a lot of my shows. It's not that often that you can meet someone as cool as Vince.
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One of the things that's important about family is the narrative history they create for themselves.
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Eating vegetarian in the past would have been a really bad choice as an athlete. Impossible. Just being able to get the amount of protein in was a mission. You couldn't be picky. I feel quite liberated by the fact that I can now quite recklessly choose vegetarian food.
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'Those who created yesterday’s pain cannot control tomorrow’s potential.'
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Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.
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Desirelessness towards the seen and the unseen gives the consciousness of mastery.
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'Let him talk as he will!' scoffed Zamp. 'His motives are not at all obscure.'
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I think there's every reason this 21st century will be much happier.
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I don't have many regrets. I regret mistakes, particularly those that damage other people, and we've all made some of those. But I'm not sad about change.
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One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be satisfied, never admit to being happy.' But there's no curse in being happy.
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It's true that there are younger people making films, and there are different kinds of films. This has created some attention in what's coming out of Greece, and people like to find a way to name this new ethnic cinema. It's not like there's a movement, or a common philosophy in making these films. They're just things that happened, and now people are paying attention to it.
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You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
