Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I'm a motivational speaker.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.
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Know or listen to those who know.
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I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
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My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
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I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
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The film I do doesn't have to be a film that only my kids can watch. My kids will watch films, but I will decide what they watch and not. My aim is to play different characters and not be stuck in a mould. Just because you are a mom and a wife doesn't meant you have to play those roles, even in films.
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Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
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How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?
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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
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Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
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You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
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You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
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Small aim is a crime; have great aim.
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I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
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A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.
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It doesn't matter if you're sad or hung-over or lazy or tired - a workout will get your endorphins pumping, and you'll feel like a new person almost instantly.
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Most traditional methods of working on oneself are mostly pain centered. People get to repeat over and over their painful emotions without knowing how to use the body's own inherently positive direction and force.
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When I was in high school, my parents had this power over me - if I ever lied or got caught doing something that I shouldn't be doing, then I would no longer be able to go to L.A. and continue to pursue the acting thing.
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Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
