Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others. ~John Wooden
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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A natural way that an economist approaches a problem is to say, here's where I think the economy is going; this is what we need to deal with the problem. ~Christina Romer
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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