Quotes with real-life

Quotes 2541 till 2560 of 4928.

  • Red Auerbach Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
    Red Auerbach
    American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities B (1917 - 2006)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Timothy Leary My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
    Timothy Leary
    American psychologist and writer (1920 - 1996)
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  • Malcolm X My alma mater was books, a good library. I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bill Rancic My best friend Jerry started a boat-washing business, and it was one of the most critical experiences of my life. I got to meet a lot of people who were entrepreneurs. My parents were schoolteachers, and I was now meeting people who owned companies. I realized that if this guy can do it, why can't I?
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Brendon Burchard My best mentor is a mechanic - and he never left the sixth grade. By any competency measure, he doesn't have it. But the perspective he brings to me and my life is, bar none, the most helpful.
    Brendon Burchard
    American author (1977 - )
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Ben Zobrist My dad used to do it when we were little, and I tried it when we played around in the back yard. Eventually, I got a bat and a real ball and played around to see if I could hit left-handed.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard My dad's more three-dimensional than Opie Taylor or Richie Cunningham. He even has a temper! He's a real person. But some people are disappointed by that.
    Bryce Dallas Howard
    American actress and filmmaker (1981 - )
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  • Beverly Sills My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
    Beverly Sills
    American operatic soprano (1929 - 2007)
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  • Anthony Robbins My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg My dream was to have a garage where I could put some of the coolest cars I've ever seen throughout my life.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Bruce Robinson My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.
    Bruce Robinson
    English actor, director and novelist (1946 - )
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  • Bill Parcells My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
    Bill Parcells
    American coach in the NFL (1941 - )
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  • Robert E. Lee My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
    Robert E. Lee
    American legeraanvoerder (1807 - 1870)
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  • Barack Obama My family, frankly, they weren't folks who went to church every week. My mother was one of the most spiritual people I knew but she didn't raise me in the church, so I came to my Christian faith later in life and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Malcolm X My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bruce Forsyth My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Bill Bryson My father liked Iowa. He lived his whole life in the state, and is even now working his way through eternity there, in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.
    The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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