Orison Swett Marden Quotes
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.
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One of the things I have to do, and I'm working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, 'Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.'
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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I'm a really bad liar.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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People say it's cathartic to write a book, but it turned out to be quite painful!
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They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into a nice, air-cooled theater, and you'd spend all day watching Cagney or Jimmy Stewart. It cost all of 17 cents.
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.