To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you. ~Max Lucado
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