- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Live Quotes
Different ways of living, side by side.
This collection uses "live" as its thread but covers unusually varied ground — from reflections on how long humanity might last, to observations about wealth and poverty coexisting closely in Mexico. For quotes on love and connection, see Love quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Pessimist
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- Nov 07, 2020
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
- Creeds
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
You only live once.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In modern society, where most people live in cities, and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience couldn't see him, but there he was with his naked butt staring me in the face. I didn't normally hang out with twenty-something practical jokers, so sometimes he was a little much.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters. They're never perfect. They're flawed people put in extraordinary circumstances.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family quite innocently don't understand the ins and outs of it all, but they see things like the Burberry show and the Live Lounge, so they understand the gravity of those things, but they're proud - it's cool.
- Bread
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- Nov 07, 2020