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I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

Quote by Billy Joel about drinking, people

If you make music for the human needs you have within yourself, then you do it for all humans who need the same things. You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings.

Quote by Billy Joel about people, feelings, humanity, contentment, music, need, human imperfections, things

It was one of the greatest days of my fife, just to be able to make a living as a musician alone, to earn money doing what I loved to do.

Quote by Billy Joel about day, money

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

Quote by Billy Joel about impossible

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

Quote by Elton John about actors, people

I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever.

Quote by Elton John about drugs, self-control, bad luck, bad, things, contentment

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

Quote by Elton John about name, contentment

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about insects

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about insects

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about suffering, value, pain, time, man

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about treason, nature, human imperfections, man

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about day

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about friendship, man, life

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about curiosity, knowledge

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about good, good luck, contentment, money

My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.

Quote by Magic Johnson about diets, fishing, rest, man

I do what I can to make young people understand that drugs can destroy their lives. I'm the perfect example of what people can accomplish when they have regained a sane body and spirit.

Quote by Don Johnson about destruction, drugs, example, body, people, perfection, spirit

I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do.

Quote by Don Johnson about poverty, actors

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

Quote by Angelina Jolie about attitude