Baltasar Gracian Quotes
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
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My earliest books focus almost entirely on psychological tools to help readers employ effective commonsense approaches to problems. There are no references to God or a higher self in the first 15 or so years of my publishing history.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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I can't walk in an airport, walk into a gym, where the kids in the gym don't come to me and ask me about Allen and tell me he's their favorite player of all time. And everywhere I go in airports, people look at me, and they, 'You're Allen's coach.'
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It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.
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So now I don't have time to practice drums. It's been five years since I've touched the drums.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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I never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.
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I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.
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There is not Communism or Marxism, but representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
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I mean, I think I just it added to my excitement to playing today, and just going out there and doing the best I could, and no matter what happened, the end of the day was going to be a good end.
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The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.
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If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.
