Jim Rohn Quotes
Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I came back to the hood and got in those streets and started doing whatever it took for me to provide.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.
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Right now, for instance, we resist giving people extra time on exams or for assignments, as though it's unfair to the faster students.
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The Forgetful Vegan: Man that sure was some good pepperoni pi-Oh Fuck!
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Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
