Clarence Clemons (The Big Man) Quotes
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.
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I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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Surrealism is not a poetry but a poetics, and even more, and more decisively, a world vision.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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With my dad coming from a theatre tradition, there was a lot of preparation before auditions. Not just in terms of saying the lines correctly but a process of entering into what it was all about.
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I'm one of those tall, lanky, awkward kids.
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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Music is an element that should be part and parcel of every child's life via the education system.
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I live off a motto that says, 'yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery'. I have goals and agendas. Where ever I'll be tomorrow, that's where I'll be.
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Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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As much as we all love playing live, it's not normal to be on the road all the time, to have no home.
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Have a goal. Know where you want to end up. Knowing where you want to end up is a lot easier than figuring out how to start and how to get there. You will figure out how to get there. Do not chart your career. Trust me; you do not want to chart your career.
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
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One thing I always loved about vinyl was the length of a side, around 20 or 22 minutes. That's the perfect length of an attention span for listening time, you know? You could listen and give it all your attention. Put on something that's 70 minutes, and nobody's sticking around past the first 20 or 30 minutes.
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A good heart 'is worth gold.
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We willingly enter fictional worlds where we cheer our heroes and cry for friends we never had.
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Everybody calls me Big Man.
