Nikolai Gogol Quotes
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I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.
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The actual game is only part of the Senior Bowl experience - the practices are equally important.
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There are some harsh realities about this business, and they've been beaten into my psyche. But I'm more of an optimist than a pessimist.
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I know it sounds pathetic, but I don't know who I am.
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My parents had two rules: You had to go to college, and you had to pay for it yourself. So we all did.
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I met Edward Teller. Everything he believed in and stood for was antithetical to what I believed in and stood for. I like running into that in life. I like extreme points of view, a level of commitment - and I certainly love mastery.
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As you know, there are al-Qaeda operatives that are taken back into Iran, given training as leaders, and they're moving back into Iraq.
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When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?
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Do not try to be humble: learn humility.
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The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.
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Behind all this, some great happiness is hiding.
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They did some things early on in there that threw us some curve balls. On defense, they did a real good coaching job on that part. We had to kind of struggle to get things going again, but we did control the ball, which is a big deal.
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Yes, we should consider ways to address the deficit and bring real, direct relief to the gulf region, ... but we must not lose sight of maintaining the infrastructure that supports our economy and way of life.
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What is important, and I think celebrities should do, is show your children when they are young is that wealth is not important. I took my children when they where young to Brazil, to the shanty towns with children begging. Ever since that day, I have had no problems with my children, if I buy them anything they are grateful.
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It is not our criminal actions that require courage to confess, but those which are ridiculous and foolish.
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By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
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There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.
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Trust the Lord. He is the good shepherd. He knows His sheep. And His sheep know His voice.
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It takes the one easy reform, offers that in an election year, to the people who are in the best position on Social Security. It does not tackle or grapple with any of the tough issues.
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I cannot recall a more engaging passage in fiction, and I've been trying for almost eighteen seconds.
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That’s the biggest thing people look past. I have a pretty intense attention to detail ethic. Anyone can start a song with a burst of inspiration, but finishing it and taking it all the way home requires ongoing inspiration.
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The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.
