Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.
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What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
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Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.
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Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
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We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
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Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
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Today's kitchen is all about a well-planned space that makes cooking a completely interactive experience among family and friends.
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When you left the house today, you had the intention of putting clothes on and you did. You didn't try to put your pants on today. You simply put them on. The same has to hold for all of our intentions. We don't try to be more loving partners. We make the intention, and we act on it.
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I basically have my life today as a result of what I did as a child. What did I miss out on? Yeah, I missed not hanging out at shopping malls, I guess, but that is not a big deal because you don't get a medal for that.
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Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
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T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.
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Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
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There is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party.
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I try to write about how we live today, how we use language, technology, our bodies.
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I often have said to people that there are really two cities in the country where the outlook is always forward-looking - there is never really a backward-looking tendency. My banking work has taken me out to Palo Alto, what is commonly called Silicon Valley. And you sense out there is always a forward-looking outlook. And New York City.
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A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.
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Anything that I write comes from the soul.
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The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
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Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.
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We don't have to be perfect today. We don't have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can.
