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"Somewhere, right at the bottom of one’s own being, one generally does know where one should go and what one should do. But there are times when the clown we call “I” behaves in such a distracting fashion that the inner voice cannot make its presence felt."
"Be simple and always take the next step. You needn't see it in advance, but you can look back at it afterwards.There is no 'how' of life, one just does it."
"Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We might well say, on the contrary, that physical existence is a mere inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we perceive psychic images mediated by the senses."
"He who understands, as always, can make his car work better than he who does not."
"Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous."
"Lou Reed is the most important definitive writer in modern rock. Not because of the stuff that he does, but the direction that he will take it."
"Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes."
"I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing."
"Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does."
"I'm older and wiser. So and now having segued into filmmaking I'm looking at [Ridley Scott ] and what he does in an entirely different way and I have respect for what he does and how he composes shots. So that was what was completely fascinating."
"Whether he's doing great acting or not, you're seeing somebody who is in the tradition of a great actor. What he does with it, that's something else, but he's got it all. The talent, the instrument is there, that's why he has endured."
"What a man does not know is greater than he."
"I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?"
"A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves."
"To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride."
"Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know."
"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."
"Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them."
"Whenever I'm confused about something, I ask God to reveal the answers to my questions, and he does."
"Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue."
