Brian Ruckley Quotes
Think how much happier the world might be if people sought approval for what they do from their children instead of their ancestors.
Quotes to Explore
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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I have selective hearing.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Men create the gods in their own image.
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Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.
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Ignorance is the failure to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent, the pure and the impure, bliss and suffering, the Self and the non-Self.
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I love seeing people be successful! I love that. It's wonderful. There's enough room for everybody.
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We all have to make choices in life.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie too low for envy, for contempt too high.
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We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
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I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything that ever happened, I kept. I'm not a hoarder, though. I'm sort of a librarian.
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For 'The Rise of Cobra,' I was dieting more and using protein powder to help supplement my meals. For 'Retaliation,' however, I opted for more natural protein. I had a chicken breast and broccoli meal about five times every day. I also drank plenty of water and made sure I got enough rest.
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If I had to name my greatest value in life, it would be beauty.
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I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that.
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All women do have a different sense of sexuality, or sense of fun, or sense of like what's sexy or cool or tough.
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Think how much happier the world might be if people sought approval for what they do from their children instead of their ancestors.
