James Allen Quotes
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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I am surrounded by great people.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I consider my education to be the first 10 years of my career.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Fashion is not art. Fashion is a business that requires discipline and attention to detail and very organized systems of logistics and operations and processes. But even with the most smoothly oiled machine to manage the business, without creativity, fashion could not exist.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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Everybody felt his superiority, but nobody felt oppressed by it. Though he had no illusions about people and human affairs, he was full of kindness toward everybody and everything. Never did he give the impression of domineering, always of serving and helping. He was extremely conscientious, without allowing anything to assume undue importance; a subtle humor guarded him, which was reflected in his eyes and in his smile.
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It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.
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A child miseducated is a child lost.
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The most important asset you need to protect in order to manage the demands of a job or an investment portfolio is your production of energy. And, just like with money, if you do a great job managing your energy, you'll get a great return.
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
