Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.
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If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.
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Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
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Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.
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Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Michael Swanwick, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Victoria McManus and others. There are professional artists such as Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger and Susan McAninley.
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Fashion anticipates.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.
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Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky.
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I need to be in front of my obstacle. I like to have a back dialogue; I like to talk with people; I like to share ideas.
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So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.
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I'm not too interested in books about India.
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If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.
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I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
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Poetry is not an end in itself but in the service of life; of what use are poems, or any other works of art, unless to enable human lives to be lived with insight of a deeper kind, with more sensitive feelings, more intense sense of the beautiful, with deeper understanding?
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If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.
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Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, or philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.
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I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
