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But it takes you three seconds to decide if you are a superhero or not. I am. HRITHIK ROSHAN There is no single way to train, or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things. ALEXANDER DALE OEN There really is no shortcut just because you have a name, or you have some kind of access or some wa... DAYMOND JOHN I feel like life is really short, and it's important to enjoy yourself and embrace whatever come... MIRANDA KERR I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if ... EVE PLUMB There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Ni... BORIS KODJOE I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so... ROBERT DUVALL Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget... TOM GIAQUINTO You have to find a hobby, other than football. You have to have an escape. When I go out there, I fo... A.J. DAVIS Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It i... PADGETT POWELL Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single ... LAURA MARANO You are always here with me when I do so, at least in my heart, and it is impossible for me to remem... NICHOLAS SPARKS Kanye is going to have to decide early whether or not he's a Baby Bjorn guy, because the minute ... WILLIE GEIST At the end of the day, if there was indeed some Body or presence standing there to judge me, I hoped... LANCE ARMSTRONG It's really not too much different from other businesses. You buy at wholesale and sell at retail. T... STEVE ECCLESTONE Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Not every relationship works, and that is the truth, and I don't care whether you're a movie... GOLDIE HAWN Optimism and Pessimism are two buttons that every human being has inside of them. Whether you decide... ISAIAH HARDEN The great thing about the stage is that you have a structured month-long rehearsal period where you&... SANAA LATHAN If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life. KAREN ALLEN To tell you the truth, I think our concentration on the field has been a lot better, ... Even in mee... JAMAR NESBIT Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I... DITA VON TEESE I'm definitely pro-life; I don't really parallel that with my feminist approach or whatever. I think... BRANDI PERL In my 39 years in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you say yo... MARTIN DEMPSEY To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or fri... BRENDA SONG life is not about actions..we take actions whether wrong or right its all about consequences..some a... ROHISH KAURA If there is no food, there is no water, there is no basic life-providing resources, as an officer yo... JOSEPH ESTEY I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no ... PABLO NERUDA But you must decide whether you are going to pursue reality and health or to retreat into your fanta... TALITHA DAY FAIR I have so much fun with Matt LeBlanc that whether I love it or not really makes no difference to me ... DREA DE MATTEO With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew... MAIKA MONROE I approach every day as new beginning of the rest of my life. My past is history. Today, I will set ... LORRIN L. LEE I follow what's going on in the game, who's going where and what former players are doing, ... Wheth... STEVE YZERMAN Fight to keep going, to get through all the crap that seems so thick there is no where to go and no ... CATHY GIPSON I'm just going to go live life. I'm going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide. I a... CAITLYN JENNER Well, I've got an idea," said Rabbit, "and here it is. We take Tigger for a long explore, somewhere ... A.A. MILNE It's his way or no way, ... You have to dress right. You are going to have to shave. JAMES DAVIS It's about just being who you are. I say do your best to live a good life, and have fun along the wa... QUENTIN BRAUN Every time you win, you have fun. And I guess as long as we keep on winning, I'll have fun. JAKE WEST O, the sheer magnificence of words that come together like waves upon a beach, each telling its own ... JOHN M SHEEHAN The first set was a bit tough because I hadn't played a match for six months. You are unable to deci... MARAT SAFIN I don't know if I am a mystery. I don't have any secret weapons or anything. I just work hard every ... FABRICIO OBERTO Keep going, keep going, keep going! You're going to have crappy days, you're going to have days wher... AKIROQ BROST I don't have two good knees anyway. Every day I progress, this (left, good) knee is going to get sor... BRIAN GRANT Keep Moving... Move forward Let go Give in Decide and just Do Progres... EMMA DALEY We just have to play our style. I've said all year that when we are having fun, we are doing fine. I... ALEXA MENNEN With an affiliation, you can't depend on what (higher teams) are going to offer you. That's because ... JONATHON SHOCKEY You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, 'Am... CHRISTOPHER MELONI At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothin... DREW BARRYMORE Some friends don't understand this. They don't understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL
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RANDY NEWMAN It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well. RANDY NEWMAN I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my song... RANDY NEWMAN I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself tal... RANDY NEWMAN But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not ... RANDY NEWMAN Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that... RANDY NEWMAN I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people. RANDY NEWMAN I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology. RANDY NEWMAN I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected. RANDY NEWMAN Most of my songs are about insensitivity of some kind. RANDY NEWMAN If we'd had another carefree 70's, I'd have been dead. It was a little too carefree, you... RANDY NEWMAN I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I. RANDY NEWMAN It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't hav... RANDY NEWMAN Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an in... RANDY NEWMAN I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and destroying it essentially! I l... RANDY NEWMAN My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics abou... RANDY NEWMAN Thank God for the potholes on memory lane. RANDY NEWMAN The weekend brought good news for our friends in the cattle industry. At long last, Japan has taken ... RANDY NEUGEBAUER At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at ... RANDY NEUGEBAUER President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security. RANDY NEUGEBAUER We can fight the War on Terrorism in other places around the world or we can fight it here in Americ... RANDY NEUGEBAUER For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and o... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woma... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our b... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the fed... RANDY NEUGEBAUER In addition to a soaring stock market, 6.6 million jobs have been created since tax relief measures ... RANDY NEUGEBAUER Border security is a complex issue and will remain a top priority during the 2007 legislative year. ... RANDY NEUGEBAUER When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosit... RANDY NEUGEBAUER