Og Mandino Quotes
I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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You know, my family stood for something that they believed in, and I wasn't about to turn my back on them.
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I just feel so flattered, because the cosplayers really make sure every detail is there. I don't think I've ever cosplayed a character before, but if I were to, I'd probably go as a Klingon from 'Star Trek.'
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project.
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I wrote a query letter to an editor - a friend of a friend. The editor called me an idiot, told me never to contact an editor directly, and then recommended three literary agents he had worked with before. Laurie Fox was one of them, and I've never looked back.
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I feel like everyone is really craving people to come out. People want - they need - to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol' U.S. of A.
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Mom still has a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. The whole family comes together after midnight mass and has the traditional plum cake and wine. We spend the night at mom's home, and in the morning we wake up and open the presents. In the afternoon, we sit down to have a traditional Christmas lunch.
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I tend to like the last sentence I just wrote, which is: 'It was late in the fall and the trees lining our driveway had turned red like a row of burning matches.'
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There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
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I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.
