"A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window."
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"There was a time we decided that it was songs that were done especially from my background because of the things we were dealing with, but nowadays, anybody who has a need, and can find the need, they can sing the blues."
"You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously."
"To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from."
"Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need."
"Everyone needs help from everyone."
"You don't need to be born with a silver spoon to reach for the brass ring"
"We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges."
"The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."
"I need the sea because it teaches me"
"Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster."
"The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by."
"My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world."
"To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity."
"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read."
"We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source."
"In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context."
"Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams."
"Kids need to see that Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to us. And they need to know it can happen to them."
"I often put boiling water in the freezer. Then whenever I need boiling water,I simply defrost it."