To Be Quotes
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Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.
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He's just been somebody you look up to, ... We all know he's not going to play much after this if any. He's not going to be around much longer, so any time you get a chance to be around him or have a beer with him, it's nice.
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I was born a girl in a world of Branwells, but I shall be more than I am meant.
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'It's much better to understand than to be understood,' from my mom.
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The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I have about losing my soul in some accidental, mundane way. So, to me, these jobs that my characters have are very loaded. They immediately suggest a complex character to me, a woman who is, say, a secretary, but also a vigilante on behalf of her own soul.
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You must remember that you're never going to be sexy for everyone. You are sexy for someone and for someone alse you are not. Being totally nude is not sexy. The art of being sexy is to suggest. To let people have fantasy.
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I've always been a fan of the band setting. I've always been a believer in bands, and I've always been in bands. That's where my comfort zone is. So to stand outside of that, that was never my intention or goal. I never had the dream of, 'I'm gonna go into all these bands as a spring board for my solo work.' But life takes you on different journeys sometimes. I ended up playing a bunch of songs and some of them I really liked.
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Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.
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Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.
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Europe sees itself as a liberal-minded society. It has no desire to be, nor can it be, a "Christian club".
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There may be times in a girl's life when it's better to be boyless, but there's no need to be joyless. Or toyless.
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My son's name is Temujin," he said. "He will be iron.
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Each of us has the power to be Superman and to help rid the world of its worst evils-poverty, loneliness, and exploitation.
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I couldn’t decide whether it was better to be the art, or the artist.
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We didn't listen to critics, ... We did things with the fans and we did it our way. . . . That's what I'd like to be remembered by.
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A lot of people don't know what it's like to actually be hungry. I do. I've also slept on the streets.
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I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth - share, not give. I think that's what an artist is supposed to do: I think they share.
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You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you’ll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.
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I think the public perception of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable has changed. Everybody has to be politically correct.
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When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.
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I have to not take myself too seriously and I have to realise that if it is meant to be, it will be.
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He wanted to be angry, his mission was was to be angry, and he had nothing to be angry about; the world would not let him rave, this was the great injustice he suffered from.
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The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.
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I'm awkward around girls.
