"What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have."
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"And whoever forces himself to love anybody begets a murderer in his own body."
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"Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity."
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"The force of necessity is irresistible."
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"You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers."
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"Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist."
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"That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part."
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"Faith and force ... are corollaries: every period of history dominated by mysticism, was a period of statism, of dictatorship, of tyranny."
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"Be, in this immensity of night, the magic force at your sense's crossroad."
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"The force of character is cumulative."
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"New York forces you to be in endless surreal situations."
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"Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world."
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"Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can't force it."
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"War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing."
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"You can literally force yourself to be courteous, happy and enthusiastic with every person you meet. After you have forced yourself to be so for a short period of time... the habit takes over."
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"The unity is brought about by force ."
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"Finally, states have monopolized, or sought to monopolize, armed force."
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"Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn."
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"Even a nod from a person who is esteemed is of more force than a thousand arguments or studied sentences from others."
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"Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior."
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