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Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. 
6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:
We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. 
You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... 
When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. 
Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. 
Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. 
When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... 
It may take little time to get where you want to be, but if you pause and think for a moment, you wi... 
I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and b... 
Take care that the face that looks out from the mirror in the morning is a pleasant face. You may no... 
I take writting as something in which you should in limited or not in limited time to create charact... 
Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... 
Tomorrow is tomorrow.
To him, even the momentary was momentous. 
Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. 
The Buddha told him, "When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. Whe... 
It is a lie. 
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes. We ... 
You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like... 
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. 
Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you... 
Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don’t want to believe it. 
An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. 
All that the spider needs to complete its web is step taking 
If you can dream it, you can do it. 
We believe and we hold our beliefs to be true and sacred until the day we discover that we were dupe... 
Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start the day for you. Have some at lunchtime and again at di... 
Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to fin... 
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Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. 
Do the thing and you will have the power. 
...unfortunately, it's true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there's n... 
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, o... 
You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, ... 
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for c... 
The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived l... 
She left me the way people leave a hotel room. A hotel room is a place to be when you are doing some... 
Idleness is a form of passivity in an active universe. 
Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It... 
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present,... 
Today is another day! Yesterday is gone but not its memories. There were so many things we expected ... 
I don't miss him anymore. Most of the time, anyway. I want to. I wish I could but unfortunately, it'... 
Beautify your breath – beautify your life. 
If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you. 
You are whoever and however you decide to be. You choose in every moment how to react, how to act to... 
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... 
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... 
Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in... 
There is something about the melody of 'Thunder Road' that just suggests 'new day.' ... 
There's a bright spot in every dark cloud. 
The only thing that is obscene is censorship. 
I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a s... 
When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch. 
I read that all dogs have wolf DNA in them, which seemed preposterous because my dog, Tucker, is... ... 
I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first ... 
My main characters are the most sunny, happy, optimistic, loving creatures on the face of the Earth.... 
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels. 
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation... 
I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly ... 
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I... 
I don't have an act. I just talk. I'm just Lenny Bruce. 
My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry 
Our marriage is like anybody's marriage, It goes through ups and downs. It's a little garden that yo... 
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A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially... 
I looked at myself, and I just said, 'Well, you know, I can sing, but I'm not the greatest s... 
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If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, wh... 
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you ... 
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands... 
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public agains... 
When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a... 
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awa... 
The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie dow... 
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of... 
Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers. 
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. 
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity pre... 
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. 
To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month,...