Mario Andretti Quotes
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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I am very much against makeup and high heels and all that we inherit as 'beauty.'
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I feel like a mirror reflecting back everyone's perception of me.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Brussels sprouts are really quite versatile.
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The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.
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Persons with a talent who never practice excellence are the worst enemies of themselves.
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I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.
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When you wear something different, you have to be confident that not everyone may get it at first.
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Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
