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For a rich and reasonably successful guy, it is impossible not to enjoy your job; otherwise, why would you spend so much time and effort ...

I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent.

I'm just a little bit tired If you know what I mean Don't want to be in a crowd When I can be in a ...

Give yourself permission to be happy. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, what matters is what's going on inside you.

But Phil looked up and gave them a weak smile. "Well," he said, "this isn't too bad. My left leg is broken, but at least ...

Adversity refined a man like gold.

I would suggest that the prisons I incessantly create are not designed to lock me in, rather they are designed to lock the world out. ...

We're saying the story doesn't end here, that the air in your lungs is there for a reason.

If I keep myself busy I don't know how lonely I am. I only know how busy I am.

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market ... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

A Highlander in full regalia is an impressive sight - any Highlander, no matter how old, ill-favored, or crabbed in appearance. A tall, straight-bodied, and ...

Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former ...

The problem is a lot of people don't think. The general bloke just goes through life, gets a job, gets married and all that, and ...

And so long as I can laugh never will I be poor.

My poor mother. Every time I get a job, she asks, 'Am I gonna have to watch you kiss someone again in this one?' and ...

I don't know if I do anything to get into character: I just go with my gut.

Almost 30 years ago, I started seeking help from a counselor with a master's of social work in New York City, but we were never ...

I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different form. You can't ...

There's not a word I can say to you that you have not already though of, Mamah... There are ways to hold the thing up ...

Respect people with less power then you. I don't care if you're the most powerful cat in the room, I will judge you on how ...

This is a very insulting tributeBut take it in good heartCongratulations Mom and DadYou've reached Silver together ... apartLots of love etc

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.

I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can have ...

If you submit anarticle to a major refereed clinical journal and it is acceptedupon first submission without a single revision, let meknow and I will ...

Okay, how's this? I've been to Heaven and Hell. I've seen the whole world, but the only thing that makes me want to live is ...

I think there is something very consoling in feeling lost in space but also feeling grounded, and seeing that all of this is part of ...

You cannot go to the cemetery and ask to be enlightened on matters of this kind, though it would ease my mind considerably if you ...

In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, ...

Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what ...

The amount of time spent doing something is what adds value to it

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ...

Ah. Falling in love is such a magical time." "We just met, Damian. I'm not in love." Damian laughs. "I am going to have you ...

I thought that there is yet hope for someone who was caught in the river's whirlpool, but none exists for those who are trapped in ...

I felt clean, all the bone-beaked loneliness birds banished, their rocky nests turned to river stones. Cool, clear water bubbled over them, streams in the ...

All too often I try to skate away from the things I'm afraid of and things I don't like and am unwilling to accept. I'm ...

I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I ...

Why does everyone worship them? I mean, they're beautiful but ... " I shrugged. "Lots of people in this world are beautiful.""They're popular because they're ...

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner ...

I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed.

The whole system was based upon getting kids to a certain standard and packing their minds with information so they could go on to a ...

I'm in love with you, you stupid arse, and I'm not losing you. Got it?" she whispered against his lips before kissing him again. Her ...

When you've had a near-death experience, your life is never the same. A divine fire is supernaturally transferred into your soul, to tell everyone about ...

In the unlikely event that she does escape me, I will inform you all. If you catch her, you are to detain her and return ...

The young should not think of themselves as immature and the elderly need not view themselves as feeble. Our minds control our bodies. Have no ...

Is it too much?""No. It's like you completed the circuit," I say, gripping his other hand. "I feel kind of drunk, though.""Drunk on power?" he ...

But maybe those things are like background noise if you're from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new place to appreciate ...

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know ...

Oh my God! Why did I leave India? I fell in love with a white man. That's what it was. It was the most boring, ...

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

Every church has a marketing plan! The only difference is that some are better than others! When I think of marketing I think of building ...

I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and ...

I'm an actor, I do movies, and I need to find somebody who enjoys that kind of stuff. It's not like, "Oh, I have my ...

I am not a morning person. Never have been - never want to be. As a matter of fact, I am vaguely distrustful of people ...

Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She's not like that any more. I lost my temper. It ...

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you ...

I've turned arrogance into an artform, where it's so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I've never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from ...

I screwed up. It's all on me. I know that ... All these hiccups I have, they must be for a reason. All this is ...

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know ...

Sigh for me, night-wind, in the noisy leaves of the oak. / I am tired. Sleep for me, heaven over the hill. / Shout for ...

What a happy woman I am, living in a garden, with books, babies, birds and flowers, and plenty of leisure to enjoy them. Sometimes I ...

To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go ...

You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really ...

It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm and vast energy.

My voice is a combination of how I grew up and what I was listening to growing up. I like a lot of different kinds ...

I honestly really don't get aggravated at all. I just go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens.

MANY MANAGE TO SEPARATE THEIR LIFE FROM THEIR FILMS. THEY LIVE ONE WAY AND EXPRESS OTHER IDEAS IN THEIR WORKS. THEY ARE ABLE TO SPLIT ...

I think we should all earn our place in the world. [ ... ] We owe the world something. We owe the world everything.

I don't know what kind of life you had, what sorts of joys and sorrows you experienced. But even if there was something that left ...

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

You need to stop questioning me. I'm the one with the dick, and the sooner you realize that, the easier this will be. Trust me, ...

Maybe love is a risk, but it's a risk I'm willing to take and as you said, it's not a choice. I never thought I ...

I think new life is the most exciting thing and I absolutely have so much respect for my friends and family that have gone and ...

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and ...

Once upon a time, when I was young, his forgetting might have rendered my memory meaningless. I no longer require so much from life.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we ...

A struggle for liberty is in itself respectable and glorious ... When conducted with magnanimity, justice and humanity, it ought to command the admiration of ...

I nearly fell asleep over Dickens in English. Mind you, he's snoozeworthy at the best of times.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

I love dogs. I absolutely adore them. When I'm teaching in Mexico, I rescue dogs from the streets and make my students adopt them.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches.And so I dream of going back to be.

True independence is an illusion; no one matures in a vacuum. We have heroes, we see villains, and ultimately we try to walk the path ...

I'm here. Soon I won't be. Zoey's baby is here. Its pulse tick-ticking. Soon it won't be. And when Zoey comes out of that room, ...

It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component.

I mean, I think having a great family like I do. You know, I tend to want to give it all I have when I'm ...

Living Life without a Purpose is like having an Ice cream cone in your hand, letting it melt and drip without eating it. It was ...

The stars in the sky last for billions of years. That's nothing to the mind, nothing. It's an instant, a millisecond. The mind shines radiantly ...

You can find bacteria everywhere. They're invisible to us. I've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They're so small, we don't see them, ...

Give Him thanks, if you please, with me, for His great goodness towards me, which I can never sufficiently admire, for the many favors He ...

New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part ...

The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch.

I am quite an admirer of Fidel [Castro]. For me, Fidel is the first and the best man in solidarity with the peoples of the ...

I'm as much of a homophobe as Jesus was. The people who are participating in homosexual behavior, they need to know that I love them.

I've always heard that women secretly want their father. So I used to walk around in a 1950s business suit, with a hat and a ...

It's like an emotional dance party: Some dances will be your favorites others more awkward or difficult to learn. Some will be boring or make ...

I read somewhere that dedications are like coded love letters, but I always seem to lay us out bare.Sorry for the poems.

What are the beliefs that give life, spirit and passion to your dream and which values will guide your decisions and actions for you to ...

I'm a very ordinary girl, Moses. I know that I am. And I always will be. I can't paint. I don't know who Vermeer is, ...

Trust. Affection. Respect." I shoved her tainted after-school snack across the table. "It must be hard to think of qualities you don't possess.