M. Scott Peck Quotes
We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Social Security is the only thing most Americans can count on to keep them out of poverty during retirement.
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Take your average couscous salad, and it's almost always a sloppy mush, no matter how much attention has gone into getting flavours in there.
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Here's what I knew about doing a play: I knew it would make me a better actor.
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I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world.
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I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.
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Few things are more shocking to those who practice the arts of success than the frank description of those arts.
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We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
