General quotes
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.
He who keeps his cool best wins.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday.
Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
I don't think a prostitute is more moral than a wife, but they are doing the same thing.
Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used to get up early and milk cows, so I know what hard work is.
Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.
But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her — especially if that is what she desires.
I've taken the leap of faith to stop punching the company time clock and start working for myself. I'm now the CEO of Starfish Media Group, my production company, in New York City.
I've never had a problem with nudity, but I don't put it out there without a reason.
We tell the public which way the cat is jumping. The public will take care of the cat.
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.
