Life Quotes
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When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.'
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Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.
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Why is it that when a baby is born, we often refer to him or her as 'the miracle of life' but then we accept mediocrity for our own lives? Where along the way did we lose sight of the miracle that WE are?
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In China, there is a long history of the government not revealing information, so it’s difficult for the Chinese people to ever know the truth. It is vital that we try to bring that truth to life.
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A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony.
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What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity.
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I've been fortunate to be short my entire life. There's only one position I've ever had to play, and that's point guard. So I've always had to be that leader. And that was my job: you know, to talk.
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Life's a pitch, then you buy.
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But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.
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While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay liberation on an individual life (mine) as events paralleled my own growing self-acceptance; in this case, the political truly was the personal.
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If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.
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I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.
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As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make sure those who have served have the tools they need to succeed in civilian life.
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I used to go around the country performing. I was in my 20s; I had no fear. But then I had a baby, and all of sudden, your life, your world changes; you change.
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It was definitely hard when I first started, and by no means do I consider my live show to be where I want it to be; it will develop step by step for the rest of my life.
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Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.
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I'm in a long-term relationship with Diego Serrano, and I'm very happy. He's the worst influence that I have ever had in my life, and I love him for it.
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I have a simple, childlike view of life, and I want to keep it. That's why I never got into that Beverly Hills world. So many pretentious people. They just aren't real.
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When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.
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I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
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Next to life we express gratitude for the gift of free agency. When thou didst create man, thou placed within him part of thine omnipotence and bade him choose for himself. Liberty and conscience thus became a sacred part of human nature. Freedom not only to think, but to speak and act is a God-given privilege.
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It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.
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I have had, and may have still, a thousand friends, as they are called, in life, who are like one's partners in the waltz of this world -not much remembered when the ball is over.
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Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.
