Quotes 641 till 660 of 1030.
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Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.
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People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well.
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People compose for many reasons: to become immortal; because the pianoforte happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; for no reason whatsoever.
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People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.
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People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
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People who are friends with me and who know me, know a side of me that is totally not cold.
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Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.
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Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.
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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?
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Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.
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Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,
To read it well: that is, to understand.Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio I, To The Reader, lines 1-2. -
Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
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Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
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Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.
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Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
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Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
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