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		If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Lencioni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackson Browne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Zukav 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar Niemeyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karen Thompson Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ed Asner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Madchen Amick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Zoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wael Ghonim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Jesus Christ was a patriot! His country was the world. His laws were the eternal principles of liberty, and his followers, in every age, have been the chosen champions of freedom! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orson F. Whitney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Twigs has been my nickname for years, and I guess a lot of people close to me called me Twigs, like, as a nickname. Before I even did dancing properly or anything, like, substantially creative, I was still Twigs. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl von Clausewitz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a year in an American college in the outskirts of Strasbourg, but got a glimpse of a real art school, L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and enrolled the following year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Howe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what they are doing. It is probably impossible to answer such questions directly, or at any rate to answer the people who ask them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Northrop Frye 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have never witnessed, nor will I live long enough to witness, a more simplistic crime than me stealing your identity. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frank Abagnale 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I cruise around, I can't help but study people's faces and emotions and wonder why they're feeling the way they are. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aaron Bruno 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Lencioni