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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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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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Only the winners decide what were war crimes.
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My hunch, for what it's worth, is that most of us probably find it much, much harder than we realize to really imagine what catastrophe is like. I have a hunch that we all labor under this rather convenient illusion that if we read about the Syrian refugee crisis, we can imagine what it feels like to set off from your home and your life with all your possessions in two bin liners. We all think that we can imagine that and my guess is that none of us have got a clue.
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Viruses don't just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes.
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Whatever had made the Dean take such a fancy to him, a cowardly, selfish, obstinate, ugly old fellow like him? He would never understand it. He took the piece of paper out of his pocket and looked at that too. Faith in God. God. A word he had always refused. But the Dean had said, put the word love in its place.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
