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DOBSON “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.” ROSS ELDER As you see you can't change what has happen in past if I could I do my best to don't happen in other... DEYTH BANGER Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? STEVEN WRIGHT Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter? STEPHEN WRIGHT Sometimes I wish that I could run as fast as they do and do just 90 percent of the things I see thos... WHOOPI GOLDBERG Sometimes it's like: If something terrifies you, you should totally do it BECAUSE it terrifies you. ... JONATHAN SACCONE-JOLY When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out. JEFFREY FRY I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH dont wait for next minute, next hour, next day, next week, next year, just do it if you want to do i... ANON QUOTER Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do. RICHIE NORTON We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen ... LAILA ROBINS Do. Then talk. In that order. SOTERO M LOPEZ II ...So to be fast to don't be long and to try to be short... If you want to play the best game, creat... DEYTH BANGER Sometimes with the initial shock, you have to have some down time as far as crying, grieving and som... ANGELA BRIDGES Sometimes with the initial shock, you have to have some down time as far as crying, grieving and som... ANGELA A. BRIDGES I have seen some crazy people do some crazy things on my variety show. I have to stop and ask them a... STEVE HARVEY I think the fact that I was able to compete against some great athletes is really going to help me. ... BRADLEY STARKS They want to know what it's like. They want to know how do you go to the bathroom, take a shower, wh... ROGER CROUCH My calendar is full always. I like keeping busy. High school is the one chance to do all of those ex... BRANDA TILLOW I need to stress that I could not be more supportive of great teachers and great teaching, no matter... BETSY DEVOS If therefore you shall be remembered for what you did with what you had more than what you had, use ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don't want to just be known for bei... HOLLY MADISON In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an... CAMILLE SWEENEY That's my favorite scene, because we were all together, ... Those are my favorite scenes, when we're... DAKOTA FANNING What you do will project you SOTONYE ANGA When it became clear that I wasn't going to have the opportunity to do any work on VR while at i... JOHN CARMACK After the way things went (Thursday) we knew that they wouldn't be able to do a lot against those tw... KYLE POOCK I feel so honored to be able to say "What I do is for my son" without that being an excuse to do stu... C. JOYBELL C. Do not let that game destroy your life. Get rid of it, get outside.. TREVON CLARK Apparently this is my year to be the first. I was just shocked when they told me. I just go about th... ANNA SIMPSON Those guys are the future. I just wanted to go out there and do good. If you can do it, it gives you... LASTINGS MILLEDGE 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 [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’... JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST 1. Kiss Estelle Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A... FIONA WOOD You hope they do that. I want my guys to do other sports and be successful in other areas. GREG MARTZ Well I want something to do, to create, to achieve, to whatever.... Something I can’t get enough o... KLAUS JOEHLE Be the best you can be. Do the best you can do. Have the best you can have. LORRIN L. LEE Be the Best YOU you can BE because only YOU can do that. LORRIN L. LEE Everyone has there own good reasons for being what they are being, doing what they are doing, and ha... LORRIN L. LEE I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on ma... ALAN J. PAKULA trying to get guys to understand that you have to work the count, you have to swing at strikes, do a... DAVE ROBERTS I just did a film in which I had to be a dancer and I was able to do all kinds of extraordinary thin... JANE SEYMOUR The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY He's a very good guy, he's a great teammate. He's good in the bullpen with the younger guys and he's... BOB APODACA I don't think I have the chance to be making this team, but I think it's more of a learning experien... MICHAEL AYERS You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN One common thing about great achievers is that, they keep asking useful questions every day. They as... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I couldn't do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys? 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