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		Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material ... Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. Somerset Maugham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idris Elba 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fiona Dourif 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Art is always an exaggeration in some sense; in color, in form, even in theme, etc... but it has always been this way. It is the same with the nature of some works by Giotto or Massacio, or the color of life as expressed by Van Gogh. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Botero 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Elizabeth II 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Nixon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gabrielle Union 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Earl Weaver 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Aveyard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Working out should be a key part of your life but not your whole life. When it is all a man could talk about, it becomes too much. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Azlynn