General quotes
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The mountains are calling and I must go.
I don't always eat soup for dinner, but it's surprisingly filling.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.
Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.
I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods — it is the business of us all, here and now.
I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it'.
New roads; new ruts.
On the throne, one has many worries; and remorse is the one that weighs the least.
Giving is the most self-satisfying thing you can ever do.
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
