You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.
Interpretation
Life is fleeting, so make the most of it while you can.
This quote emphasizes the importance of living life to its fullest, recognizing that we only have one chance to experience it. By 'playing your cards right,' it suggests that making wise choices and seizing opportunities can lead to a fulfilling life, making that single life experience meaningful and worthwhile.
In practice
In a motivational speech about making the most of every day.
With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius. It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me. Lady Day is unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years.
When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.
There have been many accolades uttered about Elvis' talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree with wholeheartedly. I shall miss him dearly as a friend. He was a warm, considerate and generous man.
Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
I want to wake up in a city that never sleeps
I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I know.
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.
He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.
The more we bestow the richer we become.
I resolved to move just a little bit more slowly through the world, to look around myself with greater care, and to try to remain conscious of all that was going on around me at all times.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.
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