William H. McRaven Quotes
And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
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We're spirited and spiritual... and fun follows us around.
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The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I've always believed that a good twist is one that, when it is presented to the audience, half of them say, 'I saw that coming.' And half of them are completely and totally shocked. Because if you don't have the half that saw it coming, then it wasn't fair: You never gave the audience a chance to guess it.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.
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I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I was going to college on a full scholarship. I graduated summa cum laude. I was always on the dean's list. I was never a kid that started any kind of trouble.
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Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.
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I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.
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And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
