When I walk down the runway, my main goal is to not think about the people watching. The idea of all eyes on me would make me too uncomfortable. As I step on the runway, I take a deep breath, focus on a point in the distance, and go! ~Gisele Bundchen
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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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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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance. ~Michelle Wie
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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