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“John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains the elements of all three. I think that's pretty wise. That's about the only way I know how to explain what music is.”

Thinking Knows Way Stills Three Prayer Know How Wise Elements Music Is Defined Howl Lament

Author:John K. Samson

“By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not.”

Ifs Knows Persons Doe Would Be Able Wise Seeing Position Speech Judgment Features Clothings Testing

Author:Han Fei

“The wise man never loses his temper.”

Men Loses Wise Temper

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light.”

Thinking Light Young Wise Filled West Ancient Hopeful Very Wise

Author:Richard Gere

“The elective franchise is withheld from one half of its citizens...because the word 'people,' by an unparalleled exhibition of lexicon graphical acrobatics, has been turned and twisted to mean all who were shrewd and wise enough to have themselves born boys instead of girls, or who took the trouble to be born white instead of black.”

People Mean Has Beens Enough Girl Black Born White Half Boys Wise Trouble Citizens Twisted Exhibitions One Half Lexicon Acrobatics

Author:Mary Church Terrell

“It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them.”

Years Wise Security Months Advantage Buying

Author:Warren Buffett

“May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.”

Men May Self Wealth Rich Wise Bears Endure

Author:Socrates

“The Almighty implanted in us these inextinguishable feelings for good and wise purposes. They are the guardians of His image in our heart. They distinguish us from the herd of common animals.”

Heart Feelings Purpose Animal Common Wise Almighty Guardian Herds

Book:Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

Source: Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine

“A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.”

Men Doe Play Wise Unicorn

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Beneath the makeup & behind the smile I'm just the girl who wishes for the world. A wise girl kisses, but doesn't love. Listens but dosen't believe. And leaves before she is left. If you can make a girl laugh - you can make her do anything. It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.”

Ifs World Needs Believe Enough Feelings Girl Left Wish Behinds Laughing Wise Kissing Makeup Not Alone Wise Girl Behind A Smile

Author:Marilyn Monroe

“Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power in the first place that can be used to abuse rights. That is a lesson we have forgotten. As we have asked government to do more and more for us, we have forgotten that a government big enough to give us everything we want will be powerful enough to take everything we have.”

Ifs Want Giving Firsts Enough Bigs Government Would Be Used Powerful Wise Rights Lessons Protect Understood Abuse Forgotten Being Wise Madison

Author:Roger Pilon

“A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.”

People Thinking Writing Wise Offers

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“I believe that we're going to find out that America made a lot of mistakes diplomatically, economically, militarily, intel-wise. But, I also think we're going to find out the U.S. has done a lot of good things too.”

Thinking Believe Made Done America I Believe Mistake Wise Good Things

Author:John McCain

“To neglect the wise sayings of great thinkers is to deny ourselves the truest education.”

Wise Deny Neglect Thinker Wise Sayings Truest Great Thinkers

Author:William James

“A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.”

Wise Ignorance Essentials

Author:Plato

“Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually amusing as well.”

Wells Self Dream My Own Secret Wise Helpful Again And Again Amusing Counselor

Book:Who am I-- really?: an autobiographical exploration on becoming who you are

Source: Who am I-- really?: an autobiographical exploration on becoming who you are

“To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.”

Pay Wise Gains Riches Foolish

Author:Solomon

“Performance-wise, you really need to be down in the trenches; you need to do the hard work, for a lot of reasons: To build yourself as a performer, to get a sense of the audience, to work hard and to wonder, 'Do I really want to do this?'”

Want Needs Hard Reason Wonder Audience Wise Hard Work Performances Performers Trenches

Author:Joan Jett

“Wise are you, indeed... to know what is not possible.”

Knows Wise

Author:David Eddings

“The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future.”

Wise Dying Cures Innocence Reminders

Book:White Noise

Source: White Noise

“The wise man knows he doesn't know.”

Knows Men Wise

Author:Laozi

“I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.”

Men Wise Equal Endure Blow Innocent Insult

Author:Gautama Buddha

“The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.”

Wise Institutions Contact Conquest Colony Dutch Residence Settlers Netherlands Plymouth

Book:Epochs of American History

Source: Epochs of American History

“I wasn't writing, I wasn't drawing, and personality-wise, I was just completely arrogant. I'm not trying to be overly apologetic for my behavior - I wasn't evil. The lifestyle I had was one that lent itself to becoming more and more self-involved.”

Writing Trying Self Evil Wise Personality Becoming Involved Behavior Drawing Lifestyle Arrogant Becoming More Apologetic

Author:Patti Smith

“I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better. Also, the day before, test run your makeup and watch it every couple of hours (see if your mascara is bleeding, or if your lip gloss runs out really quickly). Oh, and for me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.”

Ifs Needs Giving Running Night Hours Watches Wise Feet Events Hair Couple Tests Give Me Shoes Lips Height Makeup Platforms Bleeding Gloss Mascara Lip Gloss

Author:Debby Ryan

“You have a lot of educating to do hip-hop wise in Europe. When you tour, when you go out there, most of the people that come see you at the venue listen to a lot of different kinds of music, not only hip-hop; they're not heads. From time to time you're going to do a little concert in front of three or four hundred people that are only hip-hop heads and they're going to understand and know all about the gimmicks and the swagger but the rest of the people are just regular European people that listen to pop [or] rock & roll.”

People Knows Kind Littles Different Three Wise Four Rocks Fronts Hundred Europe Hip Hop Pops Hips Hops Concerts Different Kinds Venues Swagger Gimmicks Different Kinds Of Music

Author:K-Maro

“Thirty-nine was the best year of my life earnings-wise. I paid off my mortgage and felt a massive sense of achievement.”

Years Felt Wise Achievement Paid Nine Thirty Massive Earning Mortgage Best Year Paid Off

Author:Nicki Chapman

“Sometimes when you record an album in the end, there are things here and there you regret production wise or in composition.”

Ends Sometimes Records Wise Regret Albums Productions Composition Here And There

Author:Neige

“I don't really know the person who wrote the things I wrote. I kind of know him, but I change so much all the time that it's like I start fresh over and over and over and over. Writing-wise and life-wise.”

Knows Writing Kind Persons Wise Wise Life

Author:Jonathan Ames

“Keep a cool head and a warm heart. A mantra that became a song, inspired by the wise words of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. If we all take the time to listen and love each other, this world would be a better place.”

Ifs World Heart Would Be Song Wise This World Wise Words And Love Inspired Warm Better Place Love Each Other Mantras Yogi Warm Heart

Author:Mike Love

“I learned a lot, investigative methodology - wise, from litigators - watching their process.”

Process Wise Methodology Litigators

Author:Sarah Stillman

“Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics. We didn't want to overthink anything too much - we just wanted to, writing-wise, chuck out as many ideas as possible.”

Way Want Writing Firsts Ideas Different Wanted Song Too Much Wise Written Different Ways Chuck

Author:Elena Tonra

“The song could start with a riff that I base the song around. Or a chord progression or a melody I have, I just write a story about it. Lyric-wise, it's cool to have someone else's input too.”

Writing Stories Song Wise Melody Chords Progression Input

Author:Orianthi

“That's why I'm very wise [in] the way I choose the remixes 'cuz I know that the song has to transcend well. You already have a base, instead of me just doing my own production and I don't have to start from scratch.”

Knows Way Wells Song My Own Wise Productions Scratches Cuz Very Wise Remix

Author:Cedric Gervais

“Improv is not something I had a lot of experience with, because for a long time, my only experience in front of a camera was all television, which is pretty rigid script-wise, except for the occasional scene where you toss in an ad-lib just to elongate something.”

Long Wise Fronts Television Scene Long Time Cameras Scripts Ads Occasional Toss

Author:Gary Cole

“I think that the activism I've become involved with informs and enhances my life in a lot of ways, and definitely career-wise. This record wouldn't exist [without that activism], for one.”

Thinking Way Careers Records Wise Involved Activism

Author:Thao Nguyen

“When I started doing these advocacy groups, it sort of propelled and compelled me to write songs, because otherwise I wasn't really sure what I was going to do, music-wise. I wasn't particularly motivated to write songs. But this level of humanity and spirit that I witnessed greatly impacted and so inspired me, so that I felt this sort of renewed vigor to write music. As far as how grounding it is, yeah, it's the ultimate amount of perspective.”

Writing Spirit Song Humanity Felt Levels Wise Groups Perspective Amount Ultimate Yeah Inspired Motivated Compelled Vigor Advocacy Grounding

Author:Thao Nguyen

“When Steve Wise told me that he intended to argue in court before a judge that an animal could be a "legal person," it seemed like a novel, possibly far-fetched idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I became intrigued.”

Persons Ideas Animal Novel Wise Judging Court Arguing Intrigued

Author:Chris Hegedus

“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”

Wisdom Sleep Silence Wise Clever Silence Is Nourishment Funny Sleep Silence Is Golden Good Sleep Good Night Sleep Sleeping At Night Funny Sleeping Lack Of Sleep

Author:Francis Bacon

“We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great.”

Trying Wise Connected Storytelling Filmmaking Biased

Author:John Krasinski

“I needed to put something together that would continually get me up at 4:30 in the morning, get me to work and get me excited to throw on those costumes - which clearly continue to excite me, if you are a viewer of the show - and circumstances that continue to surprise me and ask me to go places acting-wise that I haven't explored before.”

Ifs Shows Together Asks Acting Morning Wise Havens Needed Circumstances Surprise Excited Ask Me Viewers Costumes Surprise Me

Author:Gabriel Mann

“Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.”

Interest Wise Presidential Welfare Injury Expenses Legislation Being Wise

Book:The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1868-April 1869

Source: The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1868-April 1869

“It is impossible to love and to be wise.”

Love Wisdom Wise Impossible Being Wise

Book:The Essays of Lord Bacon

Source: The Essays of Lord Bacon

“I'm not sure what kept me from the mainstream. I thought it was because I was too hard to pin down genre-wise.”

Hard Wise Genre Not Sure Mainstream Pins

Author:Princess Superstar

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”

“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.”

Men War States Peace Hurt Wise Integrity Patriotic Anti War Antiwar Cunning Hurt Feelings Cunning Man

Author:Francis Bacon

“All you do is you go back to the Maida Vale Studios at BBC in London, and it feels like you're in a spaceship. It feels like you're in 2001 or something like that. It's massive and well constructed and highly technologically advanced and occupied by these wise scientists, engineers, and producers. Listening to it, it just doesn't sound like me - that's a younger self that didn't know who he was or what he was doing. I can't identify with a nebulous cloud.”

Knows Feels Wells I Can Self Sound Wise Like You Listening Scientist Clouds Like Me Producers Massive Engineers Spaceships Younger Self

Author:Will Oldham

“Joan Rivers is a very wise lady. We're good friends, and I find her very much an inspiration as to how to conduct your life, and how to remain very youthful, with ambitions and dreams. Anyway, she always says that she says "yes" to everything, because you never know which thing will click, or be thrilling.”

Knows Dream Inspiration Wise Ambition Rivers Good Friend Thrilling Clicks Very Wise Ambitions And Dreams

Author:Charles Busch

“Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power.”

Giving Persons Actors Wise Careful

Author:William Mapother

“One wise decision I made was buying a plot of land with planning permission in Richmond, and building my own five-bedroom home on it. I sold three years after I completed the building and more than doubled my money. I like Richmond and always have my eyes open for other properties in the area.”

Years Made Home Eye Three My Own Decision Five Wise Land Building Areas Property Planning Buying Plot Three Years Permission Bedroom Wise Decision Richmond

Author:Anthea Turner

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