Inspired Quotes - Page 11

• I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives.

  Katherine Dunham

  Careers, People, Kind

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• There's a reason the Exodus story has inspired so many Americans. It's a narrative of hope.

  Bruce Feiler

  Stories, Narrative, Reason

  "God and Dad: A Father’s Four Lessons of Faith" by Bruce Feiler, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2010.

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• Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and discipline to sit down and do it every day whether you're feeling inspired or not; never be afraid to take chances, in fact, make sure you take chances. As soon as you become complacent, you become boring ... . Read as much as possible, not simply in the genre, or what you think you're interested in, but other things as well.

  Charles de Lint

  Heart, Writing, Thinking

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• Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

  Evel Knievel

  Inspirational, Kids, Saws

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• Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.

  Lesley Garrett

  Sopranos, Andrew

  "Soprano soundtrack" by Will Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

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• Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.

  Philip Guston

  Excellence, Looks, Painting

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• I chose to take the oath of office with my personal copy of the Bhagavad Gita because its teachings have inspired me to be a servant-leader, dedicating my life in the service of others and to my country.

  Tulsi Gabbard

  Country, Teaching, Oath Of Office

  "Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu In Congress, Uses Bhagavad Gita At Swearing-In" By Jaweed Kaleem, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2013.

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• My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, watching that made me really want to do that. I am my own person, and I think that the only thing with the Hemingway name is that it has gotten me in the door.

  Dree Hemingway

  Growing Up, Thinking, Doors

  "Dree Hemingway on 'Starlet,' Porn and Her Famous Great-Grandfather, Ernest". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 21, 2012.

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• I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.

  Adam Hamilton

  Profound, Way, Study

  "The Bible and Congressman Broun" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 11, 2012.

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• Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Lying, Omission, Important

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• If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

  Ben Harper

  Play, Inspire, Ifs

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• I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

  Daryl Hall

  Mother, Teacher, Memories

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• Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

  Dhani Harrison

  Lying, Dubstep, Found

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's funny that I got to do 'On the Road' because the thing that had the biggest impact on me growing up was reading books. I was very inspired by the book and this spirit of Dean Moriarty and how envious we all are of somebody who can be that carefree.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Growing Up, Book, Reading

  Interview with Jeff Bridges, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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• I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself.

  Susanna Hoffs

  Song, Thinking, Play

  "Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art : Chatting With The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2011.

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• My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Writing, Process

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• I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.

  Iris Johansen

  Real, Writing, Events

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• When I was 21, I got into a motorcycle accident while traveling in Europe and I had to lie around a lot in the aftermath, which was really the first time in my life that I became really focused and inspired to write.

  Chantal Kreviazuk

  Lying, Writing, Europe

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• In Italy, above all in view of the next general election, political parties, movements and new politicians continue to proliferate, naturally all inspired by the logic of the most severe, rigorous and atavistic stupidity.

  William C. Brown

  Party, Views, Stupidity

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• It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired the crusades; that instituted the monastic orders; it was not reason that produced the Jesuits; above all, it was not reason that created the French Revolution. Man is only great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Passion, Men, Conquer The World

  Benjamin Disraeli (1869). “The Novels and Tales of the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P.”, p.176

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• It's important to be informed but I also think it's important to be inspired. I'm creating a space where people can be inspired.

  Daryn Kagan

  Thinking, Creating, Space

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• I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

  Logan Lerman

  People, Firsts, Serious

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• Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable.

  Rebecca De Mornay

  Angel, Risk, Actresses

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• If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

  Rob Morrow

  Ambition, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I like men-inspired outfits.

  Elizabeth Olsen

  Men, Outfits

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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