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DAVID CHIPPERFIELD One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the ... DRAYMOND GREEN Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you... PRINCE WILLIAM It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. BARRY BONDS I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competit... OSCAR ROBERTSON Do the thing and you will have the power. RALPH WALDO EMERSON In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it does... GEORGE HARRISON No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It do... JIM VALVANO You can't get rid of it with exercise alone. You can do the most vigorous exercise and only burn... JACK LALANNE You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it. 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ERIC JOHNSON I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tan... BOB EHRLICH The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that some... HUMPHREY LYTTELTON You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough ... ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA My life just got taken over by my cooking. If you don't have any discipline, which I don't, ... DUFF GOLDMAN Plastic surgery can't make you younger or more beautiful, because beauty is in your eyes, isn... SARAH PARISH You gotta know that you're better than anybody, 'cause to me, if you don't go in like th... STUART SCOTT It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. Tha... BOB COLACELLO Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've ... CALVIN JOHNSON Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. ... ADAM ANT When you're working on a film, it's not theater; you don't have a few weeks of rehearsal... BEN SCHNETZER You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it. MATT GROENING I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you'r... DAMBISA MOYO With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness. BRYAN CRANSTON It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sin... CHRISTINA AGUILERA If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, ... TONY KUSHNER I have no great desire to play a great role. You can't make quality on TV anyway. It's alway... WAYNE ROGERS You've got to love yourself first. You've got to be okay on your own before you can be okay ... JENNIFER LOPEZ I like to do everything you can possibly do before you go into rehearsal, because once we are in reh... HAROLD PRINCE Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you'... ALFRED MOLINA I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I... CATHERINE TATE My message to women is it's okay not to toe the party line on every issue. You don't have to... TOMI LAHREN A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly,... JASON STATHAM You don't come around to the pit lane every mile; when you leave on a rally, you're gone for... ROBBY GORDON
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