Worthwhile Quotes
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All that is good in civilization must be for the equal use of all, in order that each man may make his life most worthwhile to the common life and to himself.
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I want to make films that are worthwhile, on some level, but also very entertaining.
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Directing is mystifying. It's a long, long, skid on an icy road, and you do the best you can trying to stay on the road... If you're still here when you come out of the spin, it's a relief. But you've got to have the terror if you're going to do anything worthwhile.
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I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.
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Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.
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It was my mother who taught me the one worthwhile thing: when they ask if you like what you see in the mirror, pretend that what they mean is what's behind you--the shower curtain, the tile, the wallpaper, whatever's there.
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The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to it's limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
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We are irrational beings, easy to manipulate if you're willing to do whatever it takes. That's exactly how terrorists convince themselves that murder is worthwhile. And the wound it left, it was larger than those lives lost; it was a wound we would all have to live with forever. The purity of my feeling for Carl was gone and I would never get it back.
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“If you can’t pat your feet and clap your hand to what I’m doing, then I’m not doing anything worthwhile”
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The most radical question which anyone can be asked is not how much their possessions cost, but whether they have found something of value - that is, something that makes living worthwhile.
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I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.
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Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.
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Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In my day I was told women didn't go into chemistry. I saw no reason why we couldn't.
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It is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all the rest of it.
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The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
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You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?
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I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.
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It's not going to be easy. And nothing worthwhile is easy.
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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.
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A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.
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During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head...you know it was worthwhile.
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Translating is a respectable, valuable, creative and worthwhile use of a human brain.
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There are only three things worthwhile -- fighting, drinking, and making love.
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Winning is great, but it's the long road to get there that makes it worthwhile.
