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.
It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.
And as the ax bites into the wood, be comforted in the fact that the ache in your heart and the confusion in your soul means that you are still alive, still human, and still open to the beauty of the world, even though you have done nothing to deserve it.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.
I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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