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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature

Baruch Spinoza

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

Baruch Spinoza

Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.

Ben Folds

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

Ben Folds

A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.

Ben Folds

I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.

Ben Folds

I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.

Ben Folds

Ben Folds

Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.

Ben Folds

Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.

Ben Folds

Ben Folds

Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not.

Ben Folds

Maybe this is wrong, but I feel like I craft my songs carefully enough that I still find that fifteen years after having written one, it still works for me - I'm not cringing.

Ben Folds

The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point

Ben Folds

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.

Ben Folds

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

Ben Folds

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you

Ben Folds

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

Ben Folds

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

Ben Folds

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'.

Ben Folds

Ben Folds

Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that's when I get to go home.

Ben Folds

The press is like any business. It's a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.

Ben Folds

Ben Folds

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

Ben Folds

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that

Ben Folds

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

Ben Folds

In many ways, I've chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don't like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.

Ben Folds

Meaningful development can't take place without adequate security

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Love is not enough reason to get entangled in a marriage.

DJ Jimmy Jatt

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DJ Jimmy Jatt

Genevieve Nnaji

Never forget how beautiful and powerful you are and there's nothing you set your mind to that you canâ€™t achieve

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God has blessed us with all the qualities, itâ€™s left to us to search within ourselves and find our unique qualities and strengths

Rita Dominic

I make money, my wife spends it.

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I also don't think the comedy industry is congested. If it is congested, then people should stop laughing.

Julius Agwu

Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.

Bear Grylls

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

Bear Grylls

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls

Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.