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I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if… — Todd Rundgren
You cannot will yourself to be happy while believing that you have no right to happiness, or that you are unworthy of it. You cannot… — Jane Roberts
When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If he complies with… — Ayn Rand
The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems an already overfull… — Desmond Tutu
You can never really own real estate for instance; if you think you can, just try not paying your property taxes for a few years. — Michael Maloney
It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person' in… — Criss Jami
Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be… — Criss Jami
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth… — Charles Caleb Colton
I am never very forward in offering spiritual consolation to any one in distress or disease. I believe that such resources, to be of any… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There are only a few safe targets left, just a few groups of people you can say anything negative about without getting in trouble for… — Andy Rooney
The pain of depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no… — William Styron
My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him.… — Bill Vaughan
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
In an age of enormities, the emotions are naturally weakened. We are continually called upon to have feelings - about genocide, for instance, or about… — Saul Bellow
One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is… — Oliver Goldsmith
I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational and manly than… — James Madison
I'm just honest about the things I believe in. For instance, I went to a past-life regressionist, and he told me that in my past… — Kesha
When you are acting in a film, you have no idea what scene the editor is going to choose. For instance, after you have directed,… — Dolph Lundgren
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects,… — Benjamin Franklin

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