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Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.
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Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.
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More and more parents and voters have rejected the teachers' union antiquated, top down, one-size-fits-all approach to education and continue to elect candidates who embrace reform that celebrates students and empowers parents.
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Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.
The Pilgrims Regress -
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
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Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.
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Musicals have clearly gotten more physical. You never saw Ethel Merman doing step aerobics.
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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?
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My brother's gay. My parents don't mind as long as he marries a doctor.
New York Magazine 22 March 1976, Funny Girl -
My dad died, I think, at 87. So I'll be lucky if I make 87. But in a lot of cases, the younger people live longer than their parents. And they know more. My dad used to tell me he ate the hog from his rooter to his tooter. So do I when I'm not trying to lose weight.
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My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.
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My earliest interest in game design came when I was in primary school, and my parents bought a Commodore 128 computer. I taught myself to write programs in BASIC, and then I made my own games.
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My earliest memory is of feeling different. My parents told me that I wasn't like other children.
In: Stapleton, Jim. Smashing Pumpkins (1996) -
My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang.
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My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
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My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.
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My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.
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My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to do in life. Do I want to get to 50 years old and come back? Or will I just want to go home and be fishing, hunting and working around the house?
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My parents always encouraged me and I had a good home life. We were always taught to respect things and other people. It's so different today, because children are just not taught the right way.
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