Quotes 1681 till 1700 of 5261.
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I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people what I think about: my ambitions, my dreams, what inspires me.
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I've learned to think in terms of having a long career. Actors can have very long careers that last until the day we die, but there will be moments when you'll feel like you're a failure or when you're disappointed in yourself.
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I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?
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I've made this decision not to talk to the press about anything that's gone on in my life, but just to write music about it. They can interpret it themselves.
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I've never done anything else in my life other than preach and be an activist. Way before I was known.
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I've never forgotten for long at a time that living is struggle. I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for - whether it's a field, or a home, or a country.
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I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
Source: Middlesex (2003) 217 -
I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.
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I've seen too much in life to give up.
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I've tried as much as possible to avoid the standard nine-to-five thing. I've tried to organize my life so that I can move around, change the rhythm and the tempo.
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Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
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Idle youth, enslaved to everything; by being too sensitive I have wasted my life.
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If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.
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If a great thing can be done, it can be done easily, but this ease is like the of ease of a tree blossoming after long years of gathering strength.
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If a guy's talking to you at a club and you're having a long conversation, and then one of your friends comes up and he automatically devotes his attention to her, that's always a sign to look for. They're not always just doing it 'cause they're being 'friendly.' They want to look for somebody new.
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If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Source: Tegen Samuel J. Woolf, Berlijn, zomer 1929 -
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair.
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If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
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