"I try not to invent things that people don't need."
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"The happy man in this life needs friends."
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"If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch."
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"I still have a lot of room for improvement. I need to become a more skilled player."
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"Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do."
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"I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force."
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"I love you because you’re the only person I want to make love to without any conditions and—and I love that you need me."
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"The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces."
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"Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it."
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"One doesn't need to know the artist's private intentions. The work tells all."
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"You don't need a record deal. You'll have the industry begging for you, when you build your buzz."
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"You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains."
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"People need to start becoming more aware of what's going on and doing something to fix it."
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"Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you."
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"Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status."
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"Always have a vivid imagination, for you never know when you might need it."
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"There is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone."
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"Dark and lonely. I need somebody to hold me"
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"Think of people as people, not problems that need to be solved."
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"I'm a reader, so when I go to bookstores I need (stuff) that's going to help me. There a big emptiness there and I want to help fill that through song."
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