Famous Quotes: Life

I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.
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Of course, I'm older now. I'm in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for 'Car Wheels' or 'Essence' or whatever. Different things were going on.
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Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.
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Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
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There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.
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In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
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I have to try and change the landscape, whatever it is.
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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
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Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.
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A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
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Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the theater.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.
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The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
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It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever.
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Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
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I didn't really work with Vin on it except we talked about it a little bit. I think it was kind of cool because we didn't think it was going to be that emotional. I don't think Vin knew I was going to be that emotional.
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I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.
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