inspirational Quotes
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The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.
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You can choose, don't confuse, win or lose, it's up to you.
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We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
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Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.
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To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
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They that go down to the sea in ships' see strange things, but what they tell is oft-times stranger still. A faculty for romancing is imparted by a seafaring life as readily and surely as a rolling gait and a weather-beaten countenance. A fine imagination is one of the gifts of the ocean-witness the surprising and unlimited power of expression and epithet possessed by the sailor. And a fine imagination will frequently manifest itself in other ways besides swear words.
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I went to the brink many times. A couple of times I thought "I'm gone, This is it." But then you would just keep working. I think if you're close to the brink and just make sure that you work twice as hard and put twice as much effort into everything and the people around you and everything, you should come through.
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When you're an outsider or a misfit, if you play it smart, your motto should be, 'I'll show 'em. I will show you.'
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
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You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.
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Use the creative process - singing, writing, art, dance, whatever - to get to know yourself better.
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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
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Scars are the price which every believer pays for his loyalty to Christ.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
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Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.
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Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery.
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I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It's like crying for your mother after she's gone. You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball, and I knew I had to leave it.
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The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion.
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Hear the meaning within the word.
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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
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Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth.
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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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With breast cancer, nothing is straightforward. It makes sense for most people to make their dietary decisions based on what it does for heart disease. That's where the data are most strong.
