Quotes 1841 till 1860 of 3572.
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My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.
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My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.
on her web site, October 2004 -
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.
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Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself.
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Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
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Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
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Never be afraid to treat the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.
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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
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Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as your finite powers can enable it to be.
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Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.
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Never disregard what your enemies say. They may be severe, they may be prejudiced, they may be determined to see only in one direction, but still in that direction see clearly. They do not speak all the truth, but they generally speak the truth from one point of view; so far as that goes, attend to them.
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Never eat while doing something else, because you won't get the satisfaction from your food and you'll be more likely to overeat.
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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
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Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.
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Never explain - your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you anyway.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.
Richard Buckminster Fuller
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor (1895 - 1983)
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