Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Quote by Bob Dylan

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Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed....

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed....

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like...

Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's...

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world...

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world...

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very...

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very...

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do...

A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say there're no depressed words just depressed minds.

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is...

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that....

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that....

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the...

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are...

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are...

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

Apologizing isn't a sign of being weak. It's a sign of being the bigger person...

Apologizing isn't a sign of being weak. It's a sign of being the bigger person...