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WANDA SYKES When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it th... WOODROW WILSON: You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody els... BILLY PORTER Recognizing your own progress is a huge part of feeling motivated to do more. Your brain is a great ... PRINCE AKWARANDU Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a ... RUTHERFORD B. HAYES When you're young you don't think, 'This person is going to change your life.' But w... FEFE DOBSON Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you... CAMPBELL SCOTT I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and fe... ELIZABETH GILBERT It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don'... LADY BIRD JOHNSON You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't lea... ACTION BRONSON Be yourself & respect your own self being.Let not influence of others undermine your own self entity... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I would say trust your own judgment and develop your own style that is true in your heart and don... JUSTIN HAYWARD Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothin... PHYLICIA RASHAD Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their exp... HERBIE HANCOCK When you have much higher ethical values than the ethical values of your own people, you stop belong... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and fin... ANNETTE BENING INSANITY is when you are lost in your own IMAGINATION PAUL E. EHIMEN Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands... AARON SORKIN Create your own problems, waste your own time and of course hurt your own you; this is an easiest wa... KAGABO BURANGA JACQUES I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and ... SHAILENE WOODLEY Discover your own style. Don't try to repeat what has already been written - have the courage to... CECELIA AHERN Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how ev... DANIEL RAEBURN Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life. RICHARD BRANSON To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible... ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don'... LUKE EVANS Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. GREG BOYLE Comedy can't be done in a vacuum, and you can't do it on your own. So if you have a communit... NICK KROLL At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if yo... JERRY WEST Cloud computing means you are doing your computing on somebody else's computer. Looking ahead a ... WHITFIELD DIFFIE You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standa... KRIS CARR For the spouse of someone in the service, you are your own provider, your own lover, you own best fr... JESSY SCHRAM On YouTube, when you have a big viral success with a song that isn't your own, the natural incli... CHARLIE PUTH When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's... SIA The biggest problem comes when you start adding to your problems more and more + having your own. Th... DEYTH BANGER No one is going to try to fill my mother's shoes, what she did was fantastic. It's about mak... PRINCE WILLIAM Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in ... EMILY CARR You don't realize how hard it is to live on your own. But there's no mom to do your laundry,... EMMA ROBERTS Attention, it just comes and goes. Since we don't have a major label, it's like, what are we... YOLANDI VISSER Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When... WERNER HERZOG When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team. CARINE ROITFELD People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute t... JERRY REINSDORF The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN You can binge a TV series or watch a reality show, and they're not innocent. They take a lot of ... RAOUL PECK What you own is your own kingdomWhat you do is your own gloryWhat you love is your own powerWhat you... NEIL PEART It's not a good idea to always look for new frontiers, especially when you have opportunities in... KUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of tryi... DAN PINK I believe in mysticism, with an interior goal, and you are your own temple and your own priest. I do... ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY You don't have a soul; you are your own soul. In other words, you are not this book, your social... L. RON HUBBARD You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It's your life. ETHAN EMBRY It's actually very beautiful when you can't conceive on your own, you can actually go to the... TAMAR BRAXTON When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones y... ALAN LADD I think it's important to keep your own identity when you've got a baby. ABBEY CLANCY It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and a... DIDO ARMSTRONG Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discoverin... IAN MCKELLEN When people are grieving, it's kind of like a storm, and you need something to grab onto, but of... CLARE BOWEN One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control. It'... RICHARD STALLMAN When you choose your own area of calling and purpose, and you are working and converting your life i... SUNDAY ADELAJA You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create ... CEELO GREEN There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nat... ANNETTE BENING If you've ever questioned your faith, you're going to question it when you are burying your ... MATT BEVIN Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by ... STEVE JOBS Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become o... SEUNG SAHN It’s your life—but only if you make it so. The standards by which you live must be your own stan... ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving ... DAVID SIMON Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true wor... ALBERT SCHWEITZER It's nice to work with your own alma mater. A. JAMES CLARK In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survi... JEFF PROBST You know, I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Inste... DANIEL H. PINK It's important for people to figure out their own lives before involving someone else - to gauge... SCARLETT JOHANSSON It comes a time when the music stops and you become your own motivation. THEE AMAZING GRACE Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's... CAITLIN DOUGHTY It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own. HARRY S TRUMAN It's a recession when your neighbour loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own. HARRY S. TRUMAN It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own. HARRY TRUMAN Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. BARBARA CORCORAN If you have an issue with homosexuality, then it comes to your own fear and your own darkness. TORI AMOS People always used to say to me, 'Don't you want your own show? That'd be so cool if you... CANDY CROWLEY Surround yourself with the right people, and realize your own worth. Honestly, there are enough bad ... LUCY HALE I think it's very important that you make your own decision about what you are. Therefore you... PRINCE WILLIAM Taking dishes straight off the restaurant's menu and putting them into a cookbook doesn't wo... MARCUS SAMUELSSON When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you... EPICTETUS You do not have a mind belongs to yourself! Your thoughts are the thoughts of your culture! When you... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future.... BRADLEY WHITFORD
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JULIAN BAGGINI As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline ... JULIAN ASSANGE The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being j... JULIAN BAGGINI When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were ... JULIAN ASSANGE I think Americans are wonderful film actors - the best in the world - but they are a very contempora... JULIAN FELLOWES The overwhelming success of San Antonio B-Cycle has proven that San Antonio is a model city for bike... JULIAN CASTRO For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is... JULIAN CASABLANCAS When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. JULIAN BARNES Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we... JULIAN BOND My grandmother didn't live to see us begin our lives in public service. But she probably would h... JULIAN CASTRO Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all ju... JULIAN CASTRO Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call fl... JULIAN BAGGINI Trying to keep up with health advice can feel like surfing the Net for weather forecasts: what you f... JULIAN BAGGINI The supposed revelations of God to humanity through Christ, or the word of God to Mohammed through t... JULIAN BAGGINI It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one... JULIAN BAGGINI You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue th... JULIAN BAGGINI We know that in our free market economy some will prosper more than others. What we don't accept... JULIAN CASTRO Braque was like some hilltop castle that Picasso was constantly besieging. He invests it, bombards i... JULIAN BARNES She found him propped against a wall, clearly very severely injured. JULIAN SMITH I just wanted to make sure that the team didn't feel like, 'Oh, woe is me' after last week. That's w... JULIAN PETERSON Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment i... JULIAN BAGGINI Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, th... JULIAN BARNES Philosophy is at its most engaged when it is impure. What is being recovered from the Ancient Greek ... JULIAN BAGGINI I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising. JULIAN CASABLANCAS You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is... JULIAN ASSANGE I found in investigative journalism it is always best, if you have any language skills, not to admit... JULIAN ASSANGE Most people believe, more or less, that the value of a human life is the same, irrespective of where... JULIAN BAGGINI I think competitiveness between two people is still relevant, and the battle of the sexes still intr... JULIAN OVENDEN