It is not my place to offer pep talks, aphorisms, or dictums. But if I had to give one piece of practical advice it would be this: Find something that you love that they're fucking with and then fight for it. If everyone did that--imagine the difference. (50)
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Related Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER It's great if you can find what you love to do. Finding it is one thing, but then to be able to ... JONATHAN IVE I not often like the begining of something it has it owns doubts, loses and failures. But the end is... DEYTH BANGER I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. CRAIG GROESCHEL If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever y... GORDON RAMSAY You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.' JOSE FERREIRA All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Do not find peace. Find passion. Find something you want to die for more than something you want to ... MICHELLE HODKIN When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL If I have one piece of advice to give you all about what to search for in your quest for What Next, ... TOM FLETCHER It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN What are you going to do with your life?" In one way or another it seemed that people had been askin... DAVID NICHOLLS 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON If I had any words of advice for parents with children with this condition, it would be, 'Don't just... JACK PARADISE A son says to his Mother: "Mother, today I fought with my friend." His Mother says: "Why did yo... VERONICA ROTH One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be ver... HARRIET BEECHER STOWE All you need i love then you can go anywhere and do anything... But i don't have that... I need... THE NICEST GUY He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,... LAURIE FRANKEL It was from feeling oneself that one had reached the last barrier, that it was horrible, but that it... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Well, do you suppose I made up my mind then that what I had seen was something sickening? Not a bit ... LEO TOLSTOY IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would f... NAPOLEON HILL If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yoursel... BEVERLEY MITCHELL If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yoursel... BEVERLY MITCHELL In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY Live each day as if it's your last', that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energ... DAVID NICHOLLS Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865 Is not the popular... C. S. LEWIS It is not dangerous. It is a piece of equipment that you would find at the library. It is still too ... BOB FITZGERALD Most people, if they had really learned to look into their own hearts, would know that they do want,... C.S. LEWIS I felt that everyone had the same sentiments when it came to love that I did. I felt like if you rea... MUSIQ SOULCHILD To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN Yet I now ask of you—are you marauders or are you servants? Do you give power to others, or do you... ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT It's not something that I did. It's not something that I condone and it's not something that I would... MARK LINDSAY If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to you... BEVERLEY MITCHELL I think what I love most about writing is that feeling that you really nailed something. I rarely fe... ANDRE DUBUS If you look at 'Avatar,' could you imagine if you did 'Avatar' for 50 million dollar... ADAM MCKAY If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and eve... SARAH DESSEN 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Why is it, when your looking for that someone, you find no one, but, once you find it, a lot more ch... TIM MCGRAW Why is it, when your looking for that someone, you find no one, but, once you find it, a lot more ch... OSCAR WILDE Music is something that I have to do on a regular basis. It really is my life and I absolutely love ... JOJO I can't imagine myself doing something like 'Narnia' again. I would love to do something... WILLIAM MOSELEY It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that ... KRISTA RITCHIE If I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It wo... DAVID NICHOLLS Imagine for a moment a world with only you living in it. Would it be worth living in? We are all cre... AVIS JOHN If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to ... JENIFER LEWIS Guys get frustrated like Frankie did, and I understand that, ... If it had taken place out of sight,... ADRIAN BELTRE If you imagine a 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, this is just one piece in the middle of that puzzle, REBECCA COLE If you imagine a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, this is just one piece in the middle of that puzzle, REBECCA COLE And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do... BIBLE Who we are is determined by the actions we take, the words we choose to say, the people we love. And... REBECCA HARRIS I will leave you with one last piece of advice, which is: If you’ve got it, flaunt it. And if you ... MINDY KALING It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place... GERD VON RUNDSTEDT Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your ... LORD MOUNTBATTEN Love, when it came and knocked on my door, was going to be enough. And that unknown autho... V.C. ANDREWS Every wall is climbable SOTONYE ANGA It was a great team effort; everyone did a good job. That is one of the best parts about this team, ... DEMON CHRIS BENSON If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my sta... ISAAC ASIMOV If love is never found then it can never be lost, this is why many are loveless. not because they ca... JOHN DORELIEN If people aren't legal, then they aren't legal, and they should be doing something about it that to ... JEAN GRIFFIN If you can do it, why you won't do it??? If you have chance why you won't use it? DEYTH BANGER I want you to spend the night,” you said. 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It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON That God of the clergymen, He is for me as dead as a doornail. But am I an atheist for all that? The... VINCENT VAN GOGH If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don'... PHILIP PULLMAN We're going to fight this battle and try to get this decision reversed. It wouldn't be in our blood ... DEREK DELPORTO I think if design and fashion be the language of my work, then it must be understood and appreciated... INNO SOTO You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life i... DAVID NICHOLLS If love isn't embedded withing giving, then it would be best to never give at all, for love and givi... ALOY RICKETTS I'm happy for them that they won it. But it's still a Cubs town. I saw the celebration they had and ... BOB HOWRY If it turns out that something indisputably proved that this notorious killer was someone other than... PATRICIA CORNWELL How would it be,” said Pooh slowly, “if, as soon as we’re out of sight of this Pit, we try to ... MILNE, A. A. If everyone had one of these, it would reduce the amount of water that the whole society uses. And i... MARILYN BAKER If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be cons... PABLO PICASSO I'm very angry about everything that happened here. I am the kind of man that doesn't run away from ... MARKO JARIC I think it would be great if in 50 years you could find out lots more about the conditions your chil... ANDREW SOLOMON
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