it’s that sense of powerlessness that destroyed my soul. i cannot be as good as i would like to be.nor as bad as i think i need to be.i think you have the same doubts that your goodness was not rewarded
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Related That's SHIT! How do you remove it? You just put it inside the trash, easy as that. DEYTH BANGER Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b... STEPHEN R. COVEY In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get. GAYLE GARDNER I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes. NATASHA HENSTRIDGE As far as accessories are concerned, I think it is always best to be as minimalist as possible. ALICE TEMPERLEY I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my mu... BRUNO MARS I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart b... RITA MORENO As far I'm working on The life Of one Kid 7... continue! DEYTH BANGER I feel like I'm 18, with the maturity level of like a 14-year-old. I'm still the same goofba... DUFF GOLDMAN As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can. VINCE MCMAHON I tell you, I feel like a real novice as far as horror goes. LAWRENCE KASDAN Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of b... PETE ROSE I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned. JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be. DAVID DOBKIN Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame VENES And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS I am not as bad as others think nor as good as I think of myself. JECON B. NADELA I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world th... MIKA Death is not scary enough and not so sweet life of the human foot leaves gentility. IMAM ALI (AS) Would we like to win? Absolutely. If we can finish in the top 25, I think everybody would feel real ... TROY AIKMAN As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody. EDWARD BLAKE I am not as smart as I would like you to think I am, I am only as smart as you allow me to be... ERIC CAMERON GIFFORD I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused. FRANK LAMPARD It’s not as easy as you’d think, burning a dead creature. Flesh and skin want to cook and crisp ... CHRISTINA HENRY A lie is my attempt to tamper with the truth so that I need not face the truth. Yet as shrewd as I t... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Everybody wants to know how bad it is, and it's not as bad as you think, ... I don't think there's a... TRENT EDWARDS Chadaris, as far as I'm concerned, I think should be a personal choice of the women and the memb... RULA GHANI Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good. MAHESH BABU I think investors anticipate that the earns will not be as bad as expected. DAVID KUDLA As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just ... RACHEL TRUE Draw me close to you, teach me to be like you. When people look at me I want them to see you VENES I love the '60s - that's my comfort zone as far as dressing goes. OPHELIA LOVIBOND Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible. NICK FLYNN I see that my presence is burdensome to you. Painful as it was for me to become convinced of it, I s... LEO TOLSTOY I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading. CHARLES KURALT Here's to you, as good as you are,
And here's to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, a... OLD SCOTCH SAYING I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and t... JASON RITTER I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say ... AIDA TURTURRO To be a director, you have to think you're the best. Ever since I went to film school, I imagine... JONATHAN LEVINE I think T.O.'s a great player as well as a good person. I think there's a couple of things that have... BRIAN WESTBROOK It is a dangerous thing with brothers, to think that you could be as strong as them, or as wise as t... DAVID LEVITHAN The ones that I do make mistakes, they are not as bad as the bad ones I used to do, so my bad is not... VIJAY SINGH It just goes to show you that you're not as good as you think you are, and you're not as bad as you ... BILLY DONOVAN A BMW can't take you as far as a diploma. JOYCE MEYER Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE I think you're seeing it happen. I think everybody had doubts. I think he might have even. I definit... PAUL AZINGER Weigh your words carefully. They may tip the balance." RAIN BOJANGLES I love them. They're my brothers, ... I think if we were all in the same town we would all play toge... GREG DULLI There's not the same activism as there was before, and I think there needs to be more of that. LISA MURRAY But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf. STEPHANIE BEACHAM As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses. DANIEL RADCLIFFE I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should! CARLA HALL Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it p... JAMES COOK I feel like we've found an interesting little corner of the sandbox here as far as the way we... COLIN TREVORROW ... As far I did it... I lost playing against my computer... and I won against my computer. So far t... DEYTH BANGER I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all moder... ROGER WATERS Aye, well, I've got my garden. LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing. LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds, LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument. LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ... LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w... LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t... LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start. LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec... LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said. LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said. LIKE I Married to the Mob. LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge. LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i... LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick? LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said. LIKE I No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and stuff like that, but I don't think it's go... ASHLEY LELIE No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and stuff like that, but I don't think it's g... ASHLEY LELIE Sometimes I used to think to myself, 'Have I lost a sense of humor?' but I don't think t... KENNETH BRANAGH Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for re... ENOCK MAREGESI I believe that Obamacare is bad for America. DAN WEBSTER I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. ELIZABETH VON ARNIM As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed. BASHAR AL-ASSAD As far as the style, I was fascinated by surrealism. MARK MOTHERSBAUGH As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion. ALBERT J. NOCK Nothing trumps honesty, as far as I'm concerned. DAVID KOECHNER You can't save the world with music. But I can try. I have the same job as Bruce Springsteen. I ... BRANDON FLOWERS I think in the sciences there is still the general belief that America is still tops. For America to... CHEN-NING YANG I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the ac... CARLTON CUSE If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No, no, no, no, ... There's going to be dropped balls and stuff like that, but I don't think i... ASHLEY LELIE There's nothing like it, but it's not as good as you think it's going to be. . . . I was disappointe... BILLY CONNOLLY People say that you are only as good as your last appearance. If I have a bad outing, then I need to... ANDREW GROVES It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that th... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my... TWYLA THARP There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm ... HEATH LEDGER I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Gu... FRANK BLACK In a game like that, a TV game against ODU, I think your adrenaline will help you out a lot as far a... LESLEY DICKINSON When you miss someone....it’s weird…your body doesn’t function normally..as it should. Because... COCO J. GINGER I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind... DAN GILBERT I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and ba... CORMAC MCCARTHY He's not as visible as I would like him to be. I think he should be doing more PR and have a larger ... CARL COOPER
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