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- Nov 07, 2020
God-Like Quotes
On being seen as more than human, and what that really means.
These God-Like quotes explore being seen as more than human, from a musician brushing off comparisons to an aspiring writer once thinking writers themselves were god-like creatures. The theme borders on Character quotes, since perception shapes identity here.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest mistake people make about me is that they see me as some sort of god-like figure with a big ego. If I see a button, a T-shirt, that says, 'Yngwie is God,' I just look at it as a complimentary way of people telling me they like me. Although it's very flattering, it doesn't change the way I look at myself.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.
- Human Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.
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Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
- Knowledge
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There's a tendency when we write history to do it with the power of hindsight and then assume almost god-like knowledge that nobody living through history has.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
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- Nov 07, 2020