When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'


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I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for wha...
GAIL BLANKE
There are two kinds of people. One kind, you can just tell by looking at them at what point they con...
GAIL GODWIN
I just really like Houston despite its craziness. There is a sense of energy and a kind of excitemen...
GAIL COLLINS
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
GAIL SHEEHY
For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues th...
GAIL COLLINS
Most people in archeology find their specialties in strange and unique ways. I always wanted to do a...
GAIL CARRIGER
I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's reci...
GAIL SIMMONS
I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened...
GAIL COLLINS
What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cance...
GAIL PORTER
Bald is the new black!
GAIL PORTER
Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $70...
GAIL COLLINS
There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
GAIL SIMMONS
I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpay...
GAIL COLLINS
When all else fails, dress beautifully and throw your food.
GAIL CARRIGER
Actually, I have only two things to worry about now: afterlife and reincarnation.
GAIL PARENT
I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Resi...
GAIL COLLINS
Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald...
GAIL COLLINS
I'm a very consistent leader, and people won't find me different day to day. You won't h...
GAIL KELLY
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
GAIL GODWIN
You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at ...
GAIL KELLY
I mean it today. And tomorrow, it will be today again, and I will mean it for that today. It's alway...
GAIL DAYTON
How ghastly for her, people actually thinking, with their brains, and right next door. Oh, the trave...
GAIL CARRIGER
The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, ...
GAIL COLLINS
Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, a...
GAIL HAMILTON
Overall we had a great team effort. It was good to get the win under tough conditions.
GAIL ANDERSEN
We were all ready to play. Hopefully we'll schedule it for next week sometime.
GAIL ANDERSEN
Obviously, their speed up front was something we weren't ready for.
GAIL ANDERSEN
In spite of the young lineup, we will be competitive and have a quicker overall team. Last year was ...
GAIL ANDERSEN
We will have a lot of new faces in the mix. We have good team chemistry, new guys are finding their ...
GAIL ANDERSEN
We're a young team. We'll grow from this, and it will only help us in the future.
GAIL ANDERSEN
We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacki...
GAIL ANDERSEN
The team never quit, and three team members played an exceptional game, all over the field.
GAIL ANDERSEN
It was one of those precision plays that unveil themselves about once a match. It all came together.
GAIL ANDERSEN
For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to ge...
GAIL COLLINS
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off...
GAIL COLLINS
In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dram...
GAIL SHEEHY
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripateti...
GAIL COLLINS
Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-3...
GAIL SHEEHY
The delights of self-discovery are always available.
GAIL SHEEHY
You reduce illegal immigration by making it harder to get jobs here, or easier to get jobs south of ...
GAIL COLLINS
You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper o...
GAIL GODWIN
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
GAIL GODWIN