M. Scott Peck Quotes
The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm cranky.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Yep, my body is doing good and everything feels good and I'm ready.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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You get to a point where everything is so important. One day you have 'Letterman,' and the next day you're at the MTV Movie Awards, and the next day you have a sold-out show for over 15,000 people. You can't cancel anything, because it's just too much to let everyone down, which is an interesting thing about being in a bigger band.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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Golfers don't scream. Golfers just adjust the pleats in their pants and go from there. That's about as antagonistic as we get.
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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
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The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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You owe the companies nothing. You especially don't owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.
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It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.
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The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.
