Neil Young Quotes
One good thing about the past is that you can't change it. So there's no reason to go back. It's there. It is what it is. The only thing you can change is right now and what's happening next.
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Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.
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The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry.
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I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.
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It was hard to admit I had a problem when I still had money, property, prestige. How can I have a problem when I'm driving my new Mercedes, and it's paid for, and I have a house at Malibu?
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.
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Teaching to unsuspecting youngsters the effective use of formal methods is one of the joys of life because it is so extremely rewarding.
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What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power can easily destroy.
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It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
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As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
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I have been able to hope for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes along. If there has been one fundamental reason for my success, this is it.
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The exercise of reason is not available only to specialists; it is accessible to everyone.
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The want to return to the fold doesn't mean you can repeat history.
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One good thing about the past is that you can't change it. So there's no reason to go back. It's there. It is what it is. The only thing you can change is right now and what's happening next.
