Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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