Inspiring Quotes
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The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.
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Your development as a musician will come to an eventual standtill if you do not develop yourself as a human being. Only by having a creative, expansive and inspiring life can you create creative, expansive and inspiring music.
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You will throughout your life have people who will tell you that you're not good enough. Maybe they're jealous. Maybe they think you aren't. Maybe they've had a bad day. But ultimately you have to believe in yourself.
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For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
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I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring.
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God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.
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A critical issue for women is the possibility to be a mother and the ability to participate fully in the workforce.
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
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Kanye West is my older brother, an inspiring guy and someone who keeps pushing my level up further and further.
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If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.
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My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.
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Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.
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I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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Man is not made for defeat.
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People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
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I tell young people all the time because they think I'm an overnight success I've been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people.
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I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.
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It just amazed me that so many people came to see my show even to a place that I've never been to. I was independent for a long time and I knew every person who I sold my CD to. But now with a major record contract, you don't get to meet every person who buys your CD. It's a new feeling, and it's very inspiring that they have been waiting for me to come to their town and sing.
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It is only in the giving of ourselves to others that we truly live — only with the meeting of our minds — thine and mine — do we become conscious of the divine spark each of us shares — only in sharing in our daily contacts, one with another, in our mutual hopes and fears do we find real peace. The human contribution is the essential ingredient.
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The transpersonal is more awe-inspiring, more exciting than the thing we confuse it for.
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Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.
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You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.
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Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.
