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«We?ll never ever be as good on record as we are live because we?re not a full band unless those kids are there. We ride the ripples of that emotional tide like at a movie theatre. If there?s any artistry to what I do, any gift that I have, it?s that somehow I?ve been able to tap into that. People have told me that I guide it. I don?t think so ? I think I ride it?That?s what I?ll miss most when it?s all over. But maybe I?ll just go to more movies.»
Author: Chris Carrabba | About: Music, People
«To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together; to wish to do greater; these are the essential conditions which make up a people»
«We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.»
«Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We don't know who we are or how to function, much less how to bloom. Blind nature. Homo Sapiens. Who's kidding whom?»
«We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.»
«Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.»
«Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.»
Author: General George S. Patton (General) | About: People | Keywords: And One, cynical, lack, watch
«We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.»
«Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people»
«We are all alike on the inside»