Being The Best Quotes - Page 28

• This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.

  John Adams

  Religious, Atheist, If There Is A God

  John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams”

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• Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Preparation, Trying

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• You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

  Jane Austen

  Judging

  Jane Austen (1816). “Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes”, p.107

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• I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

  Joseph Mazzello

  Acting, I Realized, Stills

  "HitFix Interview: Joe Mazzello Discusses HBO’s ‘The Pacific’". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 10, 2010.

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• What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version of ourselves. To "cultivate one's moral character" is the first step towards taking responsibility for the nation, and for society. Confucius and his disciples struggled hard to be "the best version" of themselves, but their aim in this was to better carry out their responsibilities to the society in which they lived.

  Yu Dan

  Integrity, Character, Responsibility

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• That race was so hard and I am very happy with the result in the end. Michelin did a great job with the tyres ? the grip on the edge was unbelievable! When I opened the throttle there was so much traction it was incredible. My team has done a great job and even if we didn't win we improved again in the World Championship. It is good to be the best Michelin finisher and the first Honda home as well. I'm confident in Malaysia that we can take revenge on Bridgestone! They did a great job and Loris rode very hard ? congratulations to them. A good battle to watch for the fans I think.

  Max Biaggi

  Jobs, Revenge, Team

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• You have got to want to be the best before you can even begin to reach for that goal, and you have got to be prepared to sacrifice a lot to get there.

  Billie Jean King

  Running, Sacrifice, Goal

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• Maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.

  Ann Curry

  Motivation, Best Things, Havens

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• When asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that."

  Maya Angelou

  Art, Life Changing, Writing

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• I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

  Robert Griffin III

  Football, Nfl, People

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• It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships - often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter is one of the strongest, but it's also among the most complicated.

  Deborah Tannen

  Daughter, Mother, Complicated

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• Life is short. I'm years old. I've got years to go where I can be the best I can be. I want those years to be precious, not like before, cranking two or three movies a year. I've made a ton of movies in my life, but so what?

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Funny, Life, Years

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• Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.

  Mark Cuban

  Inspiration, Winning, Goal

  Mark Cuban (2011). “How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It”, p.91, Diversion Books

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• The kind of national goal we ought to be thinking about is way beyond national product - it is how do we as a nation help our children be the best kinds of people they could possibly be?

  Paul Wellstone

  Children, Thinking, People

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• You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans
  Drip of honey on the money maker gotta be
  The best buzz I'm ever gonna find
  Hey, I'm a little drunk on you
  And high on summertime

  Luke Bryan

  Country, Song, Blue

  Song: Drunk On You, 2011

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• ...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.

  Jim Brown

  Team, Player, People

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• I argued last year on my shared blog that selling the right to immigrate would be the best approach to legal immigration. Among other benefits, the revenue from immigrants' payments could reduce taxes. Paying for the right to immigrate would also negate the argument that immigrants get a free ride when they gain health care and other benefits. Moreover, making immigrants pay would attract the type of immigrants who came much earlier in American history: young men and women who are reasonably skilled and want to make a long-term commitment to the United States.

  Gary Becker

  Commitment, Years, Long

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• Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.

  George Washington

  Honesty, Found, Foreign Policy

  George Washington, J. M. Williams (1800). “Washington's political legacies: To which is annexed an appendix, containing an account of his illness, death, and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory, with a biographical outline of his life and character”, p.26

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• Michelle, I love you. The other night, I think the entire country saw just how lucky I am. Malia and Sasha, you make me so proud…but don't get any ideas, you're still going to class tomorrow. And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Morning, Love You

  Barack Obama's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, abcnews.go.com. September 6, 2012.

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• Later in July I'm going to be promoting and putting on a boxing show of amateur fighters from July 21st through the 28th where one hundred kids will be fighting and competing with each other to see who's going to be the best.

  Alexis Arguello

  Kids, Fighting, July

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• I always think that the project I'm working on will be the best.

  Patricia Urquiola

  Thinking, Projects

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• I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.

  Zoe Saldana

  Daughter, Wife, Want

  "Zoë Saldana: The Most Elegant Member of the Glam New Guard". Interview with Laurie Sandell, www.glamour.com. March 2, 2010.

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• If you feel like you're at 50 percent with someone and that's as far as you'll get, you're wasting precious time. You should always be with someone who enriches your life and inspires you to be the best you can be.

  Jenna Ushkowitz

  Inspire, Like You, Should

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• I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be

  David Archuleta

  Husband, Parent, Want

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• Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what's important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, 'If it wasn't for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.' That's true. If it wasn't for the downside.

  Gilda Radner

  Cancer, People, Important

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