I still have a tendency to sit back and wait out the bad things that try and take over my life.


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I'm a human entropy producer.
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Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes m...
DEAN KAMEN
If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I t...
DEAN KAMEN
You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not real...
DEAN KAMEN
Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
DEAN KAMEN
Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.
JIMMY DEAN
My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales...
DEAN KAMEN
The Internet has transformed many parts of our daily lives, touching everything from how we find inf...
DEAN ORNISH
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then mayb...
JAMES DEAN
Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
DEAN CAIN
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself a...
DEAN KOONTZ
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
DEAN MARTIN
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a sch...
DEAN SMITH
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destinati...
JIMMY DEAN
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
JAMES DEAN
The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.
DEAN KARNAZES
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
JAMES DEAN
There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.
DEAN SMITH
'I resolve to eat less food' sounds good in theory, but it's often hard to sustain. And ...
DEAN ORNISH
I never give up hope.
DEAN ORNISH
Sometimes, people do the darkest acts in the name of helping protect their loved ones.
DEAN ORNISH
In business, when you can meet an unmet need that is this primal, even meeting it in a superficial w...
DEAN ORNISH
Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you...
DEAN ORNISH
It costs less to eat and live more healthfully. Walking, loving, meditating, and quitting smoking ar...
DEAN ORNISH
I grew up in Texas, eating meat five times a day, and I liked meat. But I began being a vegetarian w...
DEAN ORNISH
What matters most is your overall way of eating and living.
DEAN ORNISH
When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Ir...
DEAN ORNISH
Make choices to empower yourself.
DEAN ORNISH
Whether it's by helping us search for health-related information, connecting us with doctors thr...
DEAN ORNISH
The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, a...
DEAN ORNISH
In 2010, I consulted with President Clinton after his bypass grafts occluded and encouraged him to m...
DEAN ORNISH
How you eat is as important as what you eat. If I eat mindlessly while watching television, I get al...
DEAN ORNISH
Awareness is the first step in healing.
DEAN ORNISH
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people ...
DEAN ORNISH
Your body has a remarkable capacity to begin healing itself, and much more quickly than people had o...
DEAN ORNISH
When we torture people, even if we win the battle, we've already lost the war for hearts and min...
DEAN ORNISH
When you grow up in an extended family, or in a stable neighborhood with two or three generations of...
DEAN ORNISH
The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food...
DEAN ORNISH
Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or...
DEAN KARNAZES
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
JAMES DEAN