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I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a success in the music business.
No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.
May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.
Go big or go home. You can either stand for what you believe or fall for what you don't. Above all, make a choice for tolerance and love.
Whenever something's really hard, you always question yourself, and I had many times when I questioned myself, but I always rose above it.
As a black woman I always felt growing up I had to do above and beyond stuff to be noticed, to feel like I could hang with everybody else.
People call me a whole lot of things, but above anything else, I'm a fighter, and it's going to be hard to accept an identity without that.
If you're willing to take the humiliation of sticking your head above the crowd, maybe it's, you know, the pleasure will be worth the pain.
I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go.
The tyranny of Communism is as old as the Pharaohs and the Pyramids - that the State stands above all men and their individual aspirations.
I'm out here to represent the gingers, the gypsies, and the outcasts. Because I am all of the above, and I'm all about having a great time.
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
You learn who you really are in a fight - what you're really made of. You have to face yourself and rise above your own fears and failings.
There is always something we can be concerned about. The secret is to rise above it and do whatever we can to make the world a better place.
Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.
I would rather do three or four small parts every year as opposed to some of the lower-hanging fruit that might get my name above the title.
Obama's extraordinary political skills suggest he is more than capable of rising above any personal historical grudges he may have inherited.
The fact is I'm always going to have naysayers. You're always going to have haters. It really doesn't bother me because I just rise above it.
I was surprised to make it even to the finals of the Olympics, and to get first is above me. I don't even know what's going on, to be honest.
To be absolutely alone for the first time in the cockpit of a plane hundreds of feet above the ground is an experience never to be forgotten.
An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination.
O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried to aim higher and read difficult books.
On my back, I have the cross and angel wings: rise above it, no matter what life throws at you. And also, you know, Jesus rose from the grave.
Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level.
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.
Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.
It is not true that Pena is 20 points above me. It's part of the management of the regime. They have control of the media, with few exceptions.
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.
Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty.
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
I'm the glue that keeps it all together. I'm the nucleus of an entertainment family. My day-to-day is making decisions to keep life above water.
As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.
You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
Will Ferrell in 'Talladega Nights.' He's a very generous performer. He's kind of just one of the guys, but his name happens to be above the title.
Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.
There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning.
Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.
My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.
The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel against it.
If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others.
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.