Life Quotes
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My goal would be to find a big, fat subject that would occupy me to the end of my life, and when I finish it, I'll die. What's agony is starting; I hate starting them. I just want to keep writing now and end when it ends.
Philip Roth
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[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.
T. S. Eliot
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I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally.
Oprah Winfrey
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It's a fascinating area for me, UFOs have occupied a great part of my life since I was very young.
Dwight Schultz
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Your work is going to fill a large part of your life... so love what you do. Your time is limited. Don't waste it.
Steve Jobs
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What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it? I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
Albert Einstein
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I've been so lucky, received so much help and inspiration in my life, so I want to help give aspiring North Koreans a chance to prosper with international support.
Lee Hyeon-seo
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I am just so grateful for every single day, and if I could just not think past today, I would be living the life that I think God meant me to live.
Margo Martindale
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We all have seven secret lives. The life of excretion; the world of inappropriate sexual fantasies; our real hopes; our terror of death; our experience of shame; the world of pain; and our dreams. No one ever knows these lives. Consciousness is solitary. Each person lives in that bubble universe that rests under the skull, alone.
Kim Stanley Robinson
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Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
Banana Yoshimoto
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The whole thrust of yogic philosophical and scientific inquiry has therefore been to examine the nature of being, with a view to learning to respond to the stresses of life without so many tremors and troubles.
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
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At the end of the day, your life is on the line when you're dealing with abusive men, and your life is more important than any man.
Pepa DJ Spinderella
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The flow of blessings in our life is directly related to our passing blessings along to someone else.
Thomas Kinkade
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The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts. We are apt to fall into the error of thinking that the facts are simple because simplicity is the goal of our quest. The guiding motto in the life of every natural philosopher should be, 'Seek simplicity and distrust it.'
Alfred North Whitehead
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I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
Baz Luhrmann
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Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on the golf course with my husband first, and then I got to play in all these celebrity tournaments. I'm often the only female celebrity in the tournament, hence the term 'Token Chick.' So it's been such a great, great gift in my life.
Cheryl Ladd
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Al Franken
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People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music that I heard my entire life that seeps in. That's what you're hearing.
Jill Sobule
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Computer viruses have since become a worldwide problem. It begins to look as if parasites are inevitable in any system of life.
Matt Ridley
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Maybe with your emotions and your feelings, someone else can say it in a different way than you would, which brings new life to the way you might sing it.
Jody Watley Shalamar
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Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her five times a day' to 'I decided to cut her out of my life.' For most women, it's in between.
Deborah Tannen
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If you're unhappy with what you've had over the last 50 years, you have an unfortunate misappraisal of life. It's as good as it gets, and it's very likely to get worse.
Charlie Munger
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Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.
Christina Aguilera
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My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.
Bill de Blasio