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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I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.
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Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.
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The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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I would be a disaster as a prime minister.
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Every job, once you get there and start doing it, you approach it the same way. And it does become a serious thing, because it's not easy to do, even something silly. You still have to be professional and perform.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
