You can’t change the music of your soul.

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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.

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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

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It's not what you start in life, it's what you finish.

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Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

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Never complain. Never explain.

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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

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Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

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