Neil Diamond Quotes
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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The Asian nation's oil demand is expected to grow this year by 800,000 barrels per day and represents more than one-third of the total growth in global demand, according to the Energy Information Agency.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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There were two very distinct voices going on in my head and I moved easily between them. One had to do with sports, street life and establishing myself as a male... The other voice, the one I had from my street friends and teammates, was increasingly dealing with the vocabulary of literature.
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Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain; here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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I have a couple of girlfriends who've told me some horror stories but I've never had a really terrible kiss before.
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What the future of the planet and music and art and all of it is sharing; it's diversity.
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Anywhere in the world is a great gig if the people are pumped to hear some music.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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Tests conducted before I graduated predicted a future for me in journalism, forestry, or the teaching of music; persons who know me well could recognize some truth in those seemingly errant prognoses.
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The truth always stays the same.
