When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
#quotes #earl-lloyd #competition

Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. ~John Barrasso
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
#quotes #benjamin-franklin #motivation

If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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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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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
#quotes #william-james #personality

Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
#quotes #osamu-dazai #life #mother #hardship

The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
#quotes #william-james #life #faith #optimism

The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
#quotes #elliott-abrams #same-gender-marriage

Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
#quotes #joel-osteen #god #heart

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family

If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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