Og Mandino Quotes
The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.
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Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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I've been making a diary of the daft things people have said during London Fashion Week, and it does wear a little bit thin, everyone comparing my name to Edie Sedgwick.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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When I was at school, I used to end every school day with fountain pen ink all over my hands and face and down my shirt.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there.
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Language is fun; it's fun to try.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
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How many times have you opened a book, read the first few sentences and made a snap decision about whether to buy it? When it's your book that's coming under this casual-but-critical scrutiny, you want the reader to be instantly hooked. The way to accomplish this is to create compelling opening sentences.
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We were talking of DRAGONS, Tolkien and I In a Berkshire bar. The big workman Who had sat silent and sucked his pipe All the evening, from his empty mug With gleaming eye glanced towards us: "I seen 'em myself!" he said fiercely.
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I give my work to my wife first to read. Then, I try to find new people who haven't read my work before, to get a new perspective.
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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Because nobody goes through life without a scar.
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The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.
