Life Quotes
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It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.
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I try to explore, in terms of the life I know best, those things which are common to all cultures.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging a bat or sinking a free-throw they may find that the rules have been suspended for them. They are waved through school and into the pros, and incidents of bad behavior are overlooked or covered up.
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When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
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I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.
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The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while there is still time will be blessed both in mind and body.
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I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it too.
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It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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The entity that gives life and motion to the human body is finer still and lies infinitely beyond the reach of our finest scientific instruments. When this entity deserts the body, the body is like a ship without a rudder - deserted, motionless, dead.
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What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy.
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I decided I didn't want to have a totally public life. When the fan magazines started wanting to take pictures of me making sandwiches for my husband, I said no.
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May the Lord our God prepare us for every event, then comes Life or Death - it is no great matter.
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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.
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At the end of the day, I want to be known for my ability to create life from words.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.
