"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave."
-Joseph Campbell
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"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."
-Joseph Campbell
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"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble."
-Joseph Campbell
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"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that."
-Joseph Campbell
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"When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship."
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"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature."
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"I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear."
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"Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music."
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"I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me."
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"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."
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"The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born."
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