Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.

In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it... view

By: Lawrence Welk

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I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you're getting out. I'm also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write... view

By: Sam Shepard

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All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy... view

By: William Hurt

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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything... view

By: Pat Robertson

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It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time... view

By: Paul Giamatti

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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love... view

By: Baruch Spinoza

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them... view

By: Thomas Jefferson

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I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying... view

By: Tracey Ullman

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I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others... view

By: Ray Davies

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The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare... view

By: Edward Thorndike

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I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager... view

By: Kurtis Blow

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The skills that we have are the actual magic skills - not the performing skills. We have to separate those. But the actual skills that make the tricks work, we don't get to use again... view

By: Penn Jillette

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