Matthew Lesko Quotes
We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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Highly functioning self-actualized people simply never imagine what it is that they don't wish to have as their reality.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than it's ever been before.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.
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As actors, we put in our best, but when people don't like a film, you have to learn to deal with it. I've learnt not to get too emotional.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.
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I cling to the idea that Herman Melville had to work at the end of his career watching ships in a dock, as a shipping agent in New York. Any writer who thinks they should be given patronage because of their gift... you don't have to look too far in history to see that's just not the case.
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He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of his intention... It is not till a person has gained mastery over his mind, till he is above this activity, that he is a ruling power, a true person.
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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
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No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.
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We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
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We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.
