Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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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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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. ~Josh Turner
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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