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My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
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My mother's incredibly giving, almost too giving at times. And, my dad is a real logical person. He's got logic for every situation. They've been married for 24 years, so there was that stability, also. I really learned to think on my own at a very young age.
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Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it.
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Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
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Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
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Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience.
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Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
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Social life was different for me in college. I didn't go to as many parties as my friends did. I didn't join a sorority because I knew I couldn't make a long-term commitment. I was constantly traveling back and forth from Silicon Valley to Austin for internships. It was hard, but it was worth it for where I wanted to go.
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Somebody who's really comfortable with who she is and doesn't care what other people think. I like women who are really strong and were brought up to be comfortable with themselves and respect themselves.
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The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
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The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.
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The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
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The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
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They say that from the poet's tears
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We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden.
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Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do.
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When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
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