Life Quotes
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Before you can write a check, you must first make out a deposit slip; before you can draw money out of a bank, you must put money into a bank; before you are entitled to a living, you must give the world a life; if you want to make a first-class living, learn to give the world a first-class life.
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The world is your oyster. Yes, but in that oyster is the pearl; and to get to the pearl one has to first discard the shell and the flesh.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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Novels are longer than life.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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A band is not a marriage. There are no oaths of allegiance. If you feel your life will be better served by splitting up the group, you've got to do it - but of course it does cause problems.
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I'm a part of your life. You might not know it, but I am.
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Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.
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Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.
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All girls hit that phase where they like the bad boy. I grew out of that really young and I have a wonderful guy in my life who's not a bad boy at all. I like the satiric, consistent nice guy.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.
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… exclude the need for appearances: what counts is not appearances; the value of life does not depend on the approval of others or on success, but on what we have inside us.
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Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.
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I try to just live my life and do my work, and the rest will just fall into place, as it may. As it will.
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Everything I want to do in my life, I want to be at the top.
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In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
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I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.
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I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.
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It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
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I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with references to her, and still do. She's a big part of my life. We were together for 33 years. It actually does me good - she's with me all that time in that way.
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I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.
