Og Mandino Quotes
The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
Quotes to Explore
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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How the visual world appears is important to me. I'm always aware of the light. I'm always aware of what I would call the 'deep composition.' Photography in the field is a process of creation, of thought and technique. But ultimately, it's an act of imaginatively seeing from within yourself.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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You can watch someone on – stage cry and cry – but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
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The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.'
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I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.
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I've thought about it, but I don't think I'd ever get a 'Teen Wolf' tattoo, and I don't know why.
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Its central idea, it was noted, is the production of life through the tieing or union of spirit and matter.
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You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.
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There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
