Norman Vincent Peale Quotes
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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I would like to direct.
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.
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It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it’s time to move forward.
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Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.
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Healthy disagreement, debate, leading to compromise has always been the American way.
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You always need to be on the lookout for the next kind of great technology.
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The tests of life are not to break you but to make you.
