Marvin J. Ashton Quotes
It is not so important whether a young man has been through the experience of a mission as it is whether the mission experience has been through him.

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Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.
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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent.
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I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how similar we are and not how different we are.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'
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People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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Soon after my degree, in 1958 I went to the United States to enlarge my experience and to familiarize myself with particle accelerators. I spent about one and a half years at Columbia University.
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Even after marriage, our home is important for us.
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There is kind of a typical experience as a premier. You go in, you win a couple, you get out. Go serve on boards, take your head out of the political ringer and take on a much more private life.
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We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You can't afford to give teams momentum.
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When you have a little one, you realize that your only mission in life is to protect this helpless, very sensitive creature. That is your charge. That's primal. I relate to that deeply.
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Look at what you want to change, gather a few people who believe in it like you do, and start moving forward. It's important to remember that you don't always need a destination. Sometimes, you just have to make forward motion. And you absolutely can.
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Essentially, I'm a 21-year-old who's a millionaire through gaming, vlogging, and my online experience. Yo, I'll take it!
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All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.
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I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.
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The difference is no less real because it is of degree.
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It is not so important whether a young man has been through the experience of a mission as it is whether the mission experience has been through him.