General quotes
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I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.
As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
That's been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
I would say 'Flower' had a story. It is told through the environment.
Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
Understanding is a two-way street.
The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.
It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.
It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.
'Teenage Wildlife' is just epic. It's, like, five or six minutes long, and it kind of crescendos and builds into this insane vocal of Bowie wailing. I think I would pay $5,000 dollars to see footage of that recording session.
I never feel lonely if I've got a book — they're like old friends. Even if you're not reading them over and over again, you know they are there. And they're part of your history. They sort of tell a story about your journey through life.
I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I was really driven and I was going to make it happen no matter what.
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