Al Yankovic Quotes, Self Quotes, Important Quotes

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.

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History may be servitude. History may be freedom. See, now they vanish. The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them, to become renewed, transfigured, in another pattern.

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The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

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Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest.

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Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

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What is self-control? It is nothing but a highly developed vital sense, dominating and regulating the mere appetites. To overlook the very existence of this supreme sense; to miss the obvious inference that it is the quality that distinguishes the fittest to survive.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Self Quotes , Self Control Quotes

It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider myself fortunate to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New York, or London.

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It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider myself fortunate to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New York, or London.

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I am self-taught. In other words, God is my teacher.

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A hidden Bliss is at the root of things. A mute Delight regards Time's countless works: To house God's joy in things Space gave wide room, To house God's joy in self our souls were born.

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Tags : Sri Aurobindo Quotes , Time Quotes , Self Quotes

Too much of a self-centered attitude creates mistrust and suspicion in others, which can in turn lead to fear. But if you have more of an open mind, and you cultivate a sense of concern for others' well-being, then, no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep your inner peace.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Self Quotes

The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is the soul.

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Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

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I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.

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Tags : Nikola Tesla Quotes , Self Quotes , Discipline Quotes

The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.

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The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, suffering, and surrender.

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Silence! coeval with eternity! thou wert ere Nature's self began to be; thine was the sway ere heaven was formed on earth, ere fruitful thought conceived creation's birth.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Self Quotes , Silence Quotes

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

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Self-discipline is crucial to a simpler, more contented life.

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The Universe is the game of the self, which plays hide and seek forever and ever.

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