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Irving Babbitt Quotes

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: August 2, 1865 - July 15, 1933

Topics

Balance Mind Unity Human Human Mind

You owe it to yourself to live beautifully. And I am.

Live Yourself I Am You Owe Am

I think very long and hard about every possibly offensive joke I want to make. I really hate mean humor and would hate to make anyone reading my jokes feel truly bad.

Humor Hate Reading Think Feel Bad

I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.

Good Great Better Feel Done Always

I would watch movies on the couch in my house. If I saw a scene played by a woman or a man - it doesn't matter - a scene I really liked, I would right away run to the mirror and repeat it.

Mirror Woman Man House Movies Run

None of our competitors have ever made two systems that run the same software.

Run Software Two Same Competitors

Playing upside down is insane. It's two or three times more difficult than what's normal. Your feet want to come off the pedals, your arms want to drop down - all of your body is fighting gravity.

Feet Upside Down Fighting Body Down

I have always loved radio as a medium.

Loved Always Radio Medium

The life of a singer is you have to pay your bills. You have to take a gig.

Life You Pay Singer Take Bills

When I was 16, it was 1988, and my style was a mess. Fur-lined brown suede jacket, paisley shirt, chinos, and Doc Martens. My hair was blow dried into a large quiff. That might sound vaguely cool. It wasn't.

Style Cool Hair Jacket Sound Mess

I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling.

Friend People Think Moments Said

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.

Life Moment People My Life Sometimes

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

Love Disappointment Help Fall Just

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