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My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
None of us are immune to grief, and everyone who has suffered loss understands that grief changes, but you never wake up one morning and you've moved on. It stays with you, and, you know, you ebb and flow.
If you think you can do it, you can.
The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
I said to de Lord, 'I'm goin' to hold steady on to you, an' I know you'll see me through'.
I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.
When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are — in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs.
When I started working out, it wasn't about weight loss; I was going through a really hard time and needed an emotional release. Once you start getting in the tabloids claiming you have fake body parts, then it's like, 'Okay, I made it. Now I'm really working out'.
I think it's important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy.
Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.
If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.
Flags say something. You put a rainbow flag on your windshield, and you're saying something.
I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self.
Consider what people think of you, but don't be afraid of what people think of you.