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I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that's because I'm doing it wrong.

We're not meant to be parents when we're 50.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation.

I came through folk music simply because it was easy to get into it.

I think I really benefited from going to college.

People are generally proud of their food. A willingness to eat and drink with people without fear and prejudice... they open up to you in ways that somebody visiting who is driven by a story may not get.

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

For me, art is supposed to be a question mark.

The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

I walked away from going to church when I was 8. I didn't set foot in another church until I was 28.

I'm not defined by where I came from.

Lyrics are the only thing to do with music that haven't been made easier technically.

Physical circumstances have very little to do with either our capacity to love or to attract love.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy - but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that's how I am guided.

When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love.

I'm reminded of who I am, who I was, and who I'm supposed to be.

Beware the short terminal guy with nothing to lose.

You gotta fight for your right to vote!

I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike

It was fashionable, youre supposed to be a married lady, so I did.

The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.

I'm not as depressed as I used to be. The Prozac's working!

There's a great place to go when you're broke--to work!

The Stovepipe is a memoir full of laughter and tears and a moving story of sisterly love as well as their will to survive.

When I'm drafting right to life language, I don't call up the nuns.

It sucks. I used to be governor of New York.

If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you. But this, of course, was bullshit. If you loved something and let it go...it would (hello!) find something else to love.

There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you.

Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.

Love takes many forms - it is up to you to choose which you wish to express.

Anything I've ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.

I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.

I don't like listening to music. I'm not a music fan.

Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.

Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.

Persistence is the most traveled path to success.

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

The day you were born, it was already written down the day you're gonna check out. Now, I'm not gonna throw myself under a truck, but I'm not gonna worry about when I die. I'm ready to move on when that day comes.

Religion and politics are supposed to be separate.

Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.

I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.

Not everyone wants to be happy

Back to Basics was absolute humbug, wasn't it?

The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non masochist. The story of the truly cruel sadist illustrates this point: The masochist says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless sadist replies, "NO!" If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.

I was too young to know how to love her.

For aspiring comedians? Don't listen to me. Just go on stage and do what you think is funny.

Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.

Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.

Something larger is happening than just going to heaven.

Living isn't a simple thing...no one said it's supposed to be.

I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it.

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.

I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.

They never pay the slaves enough so they can get free, just enough so they can stay alive and come back to work.

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.

there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity.

I hated you when it would have taken less courage to love.

I'm Creole, and I'm down to earth.

All of us are heaven-sent, and there was never meant to be only one.

I learned that it's super important to stay true to yourself and your family. I've also learned that I've got a lot to learn about life, but that's just part of growing up.

My mom says I have to be more positive, and I say life has to be more positive too or it's just not going to work.

There are two things that really move me: music and acting. And I'm not talking about my music or watching myself as an actor, but listening to other people's music and watching other actors. There are so many different songs that have moved me. It all depends upon the mood that I'm in at that moment.

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me -and I love to live life at full throttle.

Being yourself is one of the greatest things you can possibly do. Being true to yourself.

I don't denounce being Canadian at any point, but I'm definitely proud to be an American.

Life is not supposed to be this calcified experience where you don't change.

schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we still accept that the family is the primary school for love. those of us who do not learn how to love among family are expected to experience love in romantic relationships. however this love often eludes us.

Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.

Whether we learn how to love ourselves and others will depend on the presence of a loving environment. Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.

The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion.

I'm always listening to music to pump myself up.

Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.

Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.

If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom.

The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave

People can do great things. However, there are somethings they just can't do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort. I could, however, make myself insane, if I wished. (Though if I achieved the second, I might be able to make myself think I'd achieved the first....) Anyway, if there's a lesson to be learned, it's this: great success often depends on being able to distinguish between the impossible and the improbable. Or, in easier terms, distinguishing between Popsicles and insanity. Any questions?

The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.

Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being.

There's something in everybody that longs for that awakening to be more true to yourself.

The whole world accepts that being stressed is the normal way to live.

The past is so reliable, so delightful and the best place to live.

Nice to see you, to see you nice

The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

Songwriting is like talking to yourself when there is no one to talk to,

If you don't have the power to change yourself, then nothing will change around you.

Just staying true to yourself and staying true to your passion. Following your gut.

Stay true to yourself because it goes a long way. If you don't know who you are, who are you really?

I knew there was only one place to go. I sank down into the center of my soul, grew still, and listened to the Rabbi's heartbeat.

The State is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child-it takes a family.

You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.

[To audience members who were arriving late] You haven't missed a thing, I was just killing time 'til you got here

Like most authors, I also love to read.