A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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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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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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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.
#quotes #dan-o-brien #sports #work #personality

"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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