Og Mandino Quotes
A smile remains the most inexpensiv gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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The Senior Tour is a good concept, although frankly I'm not astounded at its continued success. It gives a lot of guys an opportunity to extend their careers.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
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I would love to be a dad. For the longest time, I've wanted kids, but you have to have the right setup, right?
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The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.
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I don't do the super-clean-living L.A. thing.
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I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.
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I then moved to the University of Western Ontario where I was made a full professor in 1985.
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I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.
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A philosopher of imposing stature doesn't think in a vacuum. Even his most abstract ideas are, to some extent, conditioned by what is or is not known in the time when he lives.
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I think you are going through so many 'firsts' as a teenager, and it's a charged time because of that. You don't have much autonomy in life. Everything is just kind of crazy, and there are so many huge decisions to be made, like where are you going to college or who you date. These things can really affect your whole life.
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The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.
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His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In seventeen years no one has said my name like that
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A smile remains the most inexpensiv gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.
