Walt Whitman Quotes
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.
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In the post-9/11 world you cannot give him the benefit of the doubt. As a result of our going into Iraq, not only is Saddam Hussein gone, but Qaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction and tremendous progress is being made in Iraq.
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I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.
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Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truely loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present. ...Conversely, it is not only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings of love.
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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
