"And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor."
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"Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices."
"Emotion is always multiplied in the art of a person who doesn't really show much emotion. It once expanded deep within his hidden soul, and following the downplay his audience is blown away."
"Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the windows which hope has opened."
"Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him."
"I didn't need to understand the hypostatic unity of the Trinity; I just needed to turn my life over to whoever came up with redwood trees."
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
"Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time."
"The more we learn about the world, and the deeper our learning, the more conscious, specific, and articulate will be our knowledge of what we do not know; our knowledge of our ignorance. For this indeed, is the main source of our ignorance - the fact that our knowledge can be only finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite."
"A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone."
"Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free."
"Credo of a Substitute Teacher I'm a 'sugar free' substitute teacher.I speak frankly and never gave any of my studentsa single word of encouragement.Why should I? Even after 10 years the school hasn't given me a pension, health insurance or paid sick leave.So fuck 'em.Fuck 'em all."
"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."
"An empty stomach is not a good political adviser."
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
"The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last."
"Keenly seek knowledge."
"More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them"
"I haven’t spent my time trying to duplicate my success. But only because I haven’t had any yet."
"Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside."
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