Ryan Gosling Quotes
I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.
Quotes to Explore
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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I have never refused to talk to any authorities or give them any information I had.
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Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.
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Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.
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There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation.
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With few exceptions, the leading women in philanthropy, notably Melinda Gates, are the wives or daughters of rich and powerful men.
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'The Office' is an amazing show. So is 'Extras.'
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I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.
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I think about the people that I've seen change because they believed in their own hype. I just never want that to happen to me.
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All the writers for 'The Chi,' they're all phenomenal, so I'm just working on projects with them. They have great scripts.
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Most of us who aspire to be tops in our fields don't really consider the amount of work required to stay tops.
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As children know, there's lots of fun in nonsense. We never stop benefiting from staying flexible, open and responsive, even in the midst of confusion.
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'If we are focused on making money only, a large slice of life will pass us by.'
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Music, even if I ended up doing something different or do end up doing something different in the long run, it's just something that is life blood. If I'm not participating in some way, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
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Being competitive is in my nature. I actually think being competitive saved my life. It's given me the constant drive to be better, and when I was in that hospital bed and that wheelchair, it made me want to get better.
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I never got any training in how to write novels as an English major at Oberlin, but I got some great training for writing novels from anthropology and from Margaret Mead.
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I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.
