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Related if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That'... CHRISSY METZ Designing is so easy - it's the business that is hard. That's why you really have to respect... THOM BROWNE Yeah, but if you're not doing what everyone else is doing then you're going to be misunderst... KID CUDI Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. ... ANNE F. BEILER What's so interesting about 'Point Break' to me is that it's a study of testosterone... JOHN C. MCGINLEY I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you reall... ADAM MCKAY A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y... CAMERON SINCLAIR That's the unpredictable part, and that's what worries every coach: Protect the football. Th... ARA PARSEGHIAN Going through the ranks and all the training you do as an actor, you hope you're going to make i... SAM CLAFLIN When you make a TV show, they always say you're a guest in someone's home. Online, you'r... JERRY SEINFELD A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE I always tell clients you have to be able to remember why you chose to do a movie: to always be able... BRYAN LOURD To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR The qualities that make parties such a nightmare for people - and also so pleasurable - make them in... ALEXANDER CHEE You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to B... KIM CATTRALL You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever... GREG RUSEDSKI People always ask, 'Man, why don't you come out and enjoy it? Why don't you celebrate? W... J. J. WATT Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you... QUINTON AARON What's revolting is the body-positivity movement. What's revolting is this idea now that you... MILO YIANNOPOULOS When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're gettin... MARK TWAIN Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD It's a blessing to be a part of such great shows that they're so recognizable. DAVID BOREANAZ You know when you're young and you see a play in high school, and the guys all have gray in thei... CLINT EASTWOOD When you start to become a movie star it's easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool ... BENICIO DEL TORO There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - ... TERRY WOGAN Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF It is so gratifying to hear from people who look up to you and see you in these places that they nev... JULIA JONES Now I'm old... maybe I'm still an eccentric hippie. There's a wonderful freedom in the e... SYLVESTER MCCOY A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say yo... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned. JOHN SCHNEIDER You have to feel good in what you're wearing; if you don't feel good it's not going to l... B.O.B I guess my feeling is is that if you're going to make a joke, that's fine, but you should al... ADAM CAROLLA Anytime you really take a close look at people who are dealing with the aging process, you're go... RON HOWARD You don't just have a story - you're a story in the making, and you never know what the next... DAN MILLMAN You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that's flawless. You aren't going to be able to buy th... MARC JACOBS As a coach, they would love to sit there and say, 'It's going to be five steps, you're g... BRETT FAVRE I look for roles that allow me to immerse in different worlds, immerse in worlds that are different ... EDGAR RAMIREZ I almost feel like we do live in a world like 'Caprica.' The fact that it's so close to ... MAGDA APANOWICZ Once a profound truth has been seen, it cannot be 'unseen'. There's no 'going back... DAVE SIM There's nothing more powerful than to consider why you're running, no matter what pain you... ELOISE WELLINGS To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I think it's such a blessing to be able to have a child, and good and bad, whatever you go throu... BROOKE BURKE So many times, I watch games and think, 'Man, why is that guy trying to score like that? He can&... DRAYMOND GREEN Don't buy this 'believe in yourself' rubbish. Why do they keep telling youngsters that? ... STEVE WINWOOD The biggest fragility in a project is often just the inability to be able to explain to people why y... SEBASTIAN COE It's really easy with makeup to look like you're trying too hard, like a clown. That's n... BECKY G It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, beca... WILLEM DAFOE Art is what can't be proven mathematically, right, it's where science ends. It's the par... JIM MCKELVEY Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON If you're an unattractive girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, forget it. If you ar... STEVIE NICKS Editing is simply the application of the common sense of any good reader. That's why, to be an e... ROBERT GOTTLIEB If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a... RUTINA WESLEY 'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. &... CHARLES R. SWINDOLL I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, y... LIEV SCHREIBER I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because the... SHARON JONES You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married." "I... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS It's certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone... TY DOLLA SIGN It's hard to see someone with a 'perfect' body and be like, 'Why can't I be like... SABRINA CARPENTER There's the 7-year-old me that pretended to be Wonder Woman running around the schoolyard. Like,... PATTY JENKINS If there's anything you absolutely hate, why, it must be unconstitutional. Or, if there's an... ANTONIN SCALIA The way you build trust with your team is around super-clear communication in that instant when they... DICK COSTOLO I think that one of the things that we have to recognize is that the longer somebody doesn't hav... KEVIN HASSETT Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could jus... TODD PHILLIPS Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be? ANTHONY T. HINCKS To see someone 70 years old with dyed black hair, you're like, 'Hmmm, I dunno. Is that a wri... PETER STEELE Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I... CAROL BARTZ I like to do a movie, to be on it 8, 10 weeks. It evolves as you're working on it. Little things... BONNIE BEDELIA I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie shou... NADINE VELAZQUEZ People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right... RACHEL JOHNSON A first kiss is hard to fake on screen. It's tempting to practice before you shoot, but why blow... MAGGIE GRACE All you can do is really the prep work and make sure you're ready to hit each golf shot. Outside... RICKIE FOWLER Fear is one of the elements of nonlethal weaponry. You're going to get hurt, and you don't w... GREG RUCKA It's hard to say goodbye to the streets. It's all how you do it. You can pass by and say, ... SNOOP DOGG If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're g... DONALD TRUMP We're all weirdos, and people want to work so hard to fit into society, but it's like, no ma... KEKE PALMER If you're retired, it's a blessing. You know, if you want to keep working and doing what you... PAT BENATAR Not just in modeling, but in society, there's so much pressure about what a woman should be, and... AGYNESS DEYN I've had statements made - 'Who in the heck wants to hear a 60-year-old singer?' That st... JIMMY SCOTT The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet. BEBE REXHA The best fashion advice I'd say would be just to do what makes you comfortable and what makes yo... ARIANA GRANDE When you're a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have ... NICKI MINAJ Sometimes my body is aching, but I always think, 'Why am I in this? Why do I love it so much?... MICHELLE KWAN Some coaches prefer players who will just do whatever he tells them to. It's like, if you're... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like i... D'BRICKASHAW FERGUSON My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're re... CHARLIE DANIELS It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamle... ROBERT WINSTON That's what you have to learn with life. It's your life at the end of the day. There's r... TREVOR JACKSON I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it'... JEFF BEZOS To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's ... MIKE WALLACE Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you... DAVID ORTIZ At times, I think, 'What would I rather be doing than music?' That's what you have to as... NAYVADIUS CASH The great thing about Pete and Peggy's storyline is that you barely have to do anything. There... ELISABETH MOSS It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always use... TERRY O'QUINN You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do th... CARLOS GHOSN
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IRIS DEMENT There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most ... IRIS CHANG Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class d... IRIS CHANG Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces. IRIS CHANG It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history. IRIS CHANG Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe. IRIS CHANG Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else... IRIS CHANG The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments o... IRIS CHANG If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an eco... IRIS CHANG It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out... 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