Denis Waitley Quotes
There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented.
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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Good design should be honest.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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I get bored of carrying the same bag often. So, I end up buying more.
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I had a dream. I dreamed I was on this island, and there were two hotels, and one hotel was filled with dead people, and the other one wasn't, and I was in the hotel full of dead people.
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I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
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I write about stuff that happens to me, so I try to live as interesting a life as possible.
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There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
