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A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. ”
You have to just do music, and you're becoming this entertainer, and so many people require so much of your time for different things, different obligations you have to make money, or just different obligations you have as a person in whatever the situation may be. ”
Some of you may think that I'm a loser: an unmarried adult with not much money. The old me would have been way too embarrassed to admit all this. I was filled with useless pride. But I honestly don't care about things like that any . The reason is very simple: I'm perfectly happy just as I am. ”
There are more things to gain from eliminating excess than you might imagine: time, space, freedom, and energy, for example. ”
Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded. ”
The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable to think we would be afraid to express our opinions or thoughts, but that's not true for all parts of the world now, and certainly not before World War II. ”
Art is the daughter of freedom. ”
Freedom can occur only through education. ”
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride. ”
A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. ”