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“Nothing is so good it lasts eternally. Perfect situations must go wrong. But this has never yet prevented me wanting far too much for far too long.”

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Tim Rice

Tim Rice is a renowned lyricist, best known for his collaborations with Elton John. His work spans various genres, including musicals, films, and pop music, bringing countless classic melodies to audiences. more

“Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all. Running for my life and never looking back in case there's someone right behind me shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall. When the crazy wheel slows down where will I be? Back where I started.”

Want Feels Said Running Fall Behinds Cases Crazy Havens Down And Wheels Looking Back Slow Down

Author:Tim Rice

“I might put a nicer pair of heels on and a cooler outfit, but I'm still that naughty girl who likes a slice of cheesecake on my day off.”

Stills Might Girl Likes Pairs Heels Naughty Days Off Cheesecake Naughty Girl

Author:Jessie J

“Who needs a dream? Who needs ambition? Who'd be the fool in my position? Once I had dreams, now they're obsessions. Hopes became needs, lovers possessions. Then they move in, oh so discretely. Slowly at first, smiling too sweetly. I opened doors, they walked right through them. Called me their friend, I hardly knew them... Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Times have been good, fast, entertaining. But what's the point if I'm concealing not only love, all other feeling.”

Ifs Needs Firsts Has Beens Feelings Dream Moving Doors Position Fool Lovers Ambition Possession Complaining Obsession Entertaining Only Love I Had A Dream Concealing Need Love Opened Doors

Author:Tim Rice

“I would like to learn to play the cello. I would like to paint. I would like to fully understand the concept of pi.”

Play Concepts Paint

Author:Julia Roberts

“I never got that show - Les Miz. It's about the French guy, right, who steals a loaf of bread, and then he suffers for the rest of his life. For Toast. Get over it!”

Shows Guy Suffering Stealing Bread Over It Get Over Toasts Les Miz

Author:Paul Rudnick

“What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art.”

Art Moments Week Six Understood Brief Moments

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“Picasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional representation.”

Painting Brother Becoming Ambition Conventional Representation Wright Brothers

Author:Peter Schjeldahl

“Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare.”

War Ability Talent Making Peace

Book:Thirteen Days in September

Source: Thirteen Days in September

“I don’t read Scripture and cling to no life precepts, except perhaps to Walter Cronkite’s rules for old men, which he did not deliver over the air: Never trust a fart. Never pass up a drink. Never ignore an erection.”

Men Air Drink Scripture Old Man Fart Never Trust

Author:Roger Angell

“I noticed that some of my deadness was being replaced by an intense feeling about the Greek stories and the Bible stories. They were similar. There was something naked about these stories. Terrible things happened, and then some more terrible things.”

Stories Feelings Happened Terrible Things Happen Intense Naked Greek Replaced Terrible Things Bible Stories Intense Feelings

Author:Susanna Kaysen

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