Og Mandino Quotes
Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
Quotes to Explore
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I can't stand reading anything that I've said.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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The Melvins are grunge.
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
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I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.
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The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I always had a strong support system. My parents always supported the stuff that I did.
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Doing the movies and meeting the people, and I like the stories of the movies. I like names a lot, too. When I do an audition, there is a script and it has a first page that has the names of all the characters. I'm like, “Let me see that real quick, I wanna see what my name is gonna be.
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Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
