James Mattis Quotes
I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
Quotes to Explore
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I'm a Muslim. I don't try to hide it. I'm also a girl who loves music.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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I actually don't invest in anything that is social, mobile, deals or ad networks simply because those are areas where there are so many players and so many other smart people in the space, I feel like I don't have a competitive advantage. So I tend to go after things that are e-commerce, like healthcare.
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had to learn new phrases. I've had to learn to be more secure about singing in Spanish. But I'm working on it.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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What compromises women - babies, domesticity, mediocrity - compromises writing even more.
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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19. This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
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It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . .
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We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know.
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When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start.
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In the deep night of metaphysics, all cats look black.
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I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.
