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• It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set

  Jon Hamm

  Leader, Nerves, Attention

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• I don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought. I think it's a logical point they could make, but it's only an academic one

  Pete Rozelle

  Player, Thinking, Academic

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• Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes.

  Akon

  Thinking, Artist, Legends

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• I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.

  Macklemore

  Stars, Successful, Thinking

  "ESQ&A: Macklemore on Music, Style, and More". Interview with Jeremy Unger, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2012.

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• O Lord, Thou knowest that which is best for us; let this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give what Thou wilt, how much Thou wilt, and when Thou wilt. Deal with me as thou thinkest best. Place me where Thou wilt, and deal with me in all things just as Thou wilt. Behold, I am Thy servant, prepared for all things: I desire not to live unto myself, but unto Thee; and oh, that I could do it worthily and perfectly!

  Thomas a Kempis

  Giving, Justice, Preparation

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• Unless we are prepared to search our souls to discover what to say, and then how to say it effectively, we cannot expect to deal successfully with today's domestic and personal problems, not to mention those international issues on which our very lives depend.

  Everett Case

  Life, Issues, Soul

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• Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Library, World, Constructs

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• What I love about Sonny's playing is that he is so inventive within the mainstream Jazz vernacular. Because he knows so many ways to deal with musical material, he is never repetitive and hasn't had to invent a new language. Also, he never asked me to do anything but swing!

  Pete La Roca

  Music, Swings, Way

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• Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a great deal less perfect, but perhaps more useful: Do good to yourself with as little prejudice as you can to others.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Men, Perfect, Inspire

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• From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

  Lee Iacocca

  School, Positive Thinking, Skills

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.21, Bantam

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• There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.

  Shelley Berkley

  Cities, Giving, Desire

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• Thank God for the tsunami, and thank God that two thousand dead Swedes are fertilizing the ground over there [in Asia]. How many of these two thousand, do you suppose, were fags and dykes? This is how the Lord deals with His enemies. And the Lord has got some enemies. And Sweden heads the list. You filthy Swedes. You filthy Swedes!

  Fred Phelps

  Two, Enemy, Thank God

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved again.

  Donald Judd

  Art, Should, Thrown

  Donald Judd (1987). “Complete Writings, 1975-1986”

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• Hitting a shorter club to these greens means a great, great deal. Younger players are so much more capable length-wise.

  Ben Crenshaw

  Wise, Mean, Player

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• The belief in the probability of death with dignity is our, and society’s, attempt to deal with the reality of what is all too frequently a series of destructive events that involve by their very nature the disintegration of the dying person’s humanity. I have not often seen much dignity in the process by which we die.

  Sherwin B. Nuland

  Reality, Humanity, Dying

  Sherwin B. Nuland (1994). “How We Die”, Vintage

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• I'm willing to deal with the consequences and accept responsibility for my actions.

  Michael Vick

  Responsibility, Action, Accepting

  "Vick Sentenced to 23 Months for Conspiracy". www.npr.org. December 10, 2007.

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• It is no difficult trick to bring a great deal of energy, study, and native ability into Wall Street and to end up with losses instead of profits. These virtues, if channeled in the wrong directions, become indistinguishable from handicaps.

  Benjamin Graham

  Wall, Loss, Energy

  Benjamin Graham (2009). “The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.

  John M. Perkins

  Thinking, Church, Bigs

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• There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

  Garet Garrett

  Moving, Recovery, Forever

  Garet Garrett (1944). “The Revolution was”

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• The New Deals enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.

  Garet Garrett

  Fundamentals, Enmity, Enterprise

  Garet Garrett (1944). “The Revolution was”

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• Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.

  Billy Sunday

  Home, Piano, Needs

  Billy Sunday (1970). “Billy Sunday speaks”

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• Brandon Wegher left camp to deal with some personal things. We hope he can return in the very near future

  Kirk Ferentz

  Return, Camps, Personal Things

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• It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.

  Gary Bettman

  Two Sides, Two, Sides

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• The city of Copenhagen is a climate crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport in shame. World leaders had a once in a generation chance to change the world for good, to avert catastrophic climate change. In the end they produced a poor deal full of loopholes big enough to fly Air Force One through.

  Kumi Naidoo

  Men, Airports, Cities

  "Meaningful Agreement: Obama Says ‘A First Step’ Climate Deal Has Been Reached In Copenhagen" by Craig Kanalley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• If you want the great and mighty things God has for you, you must get to the root of anger and deal with it. Get rid of the masks and face the things that happened in your life that made you the way you are today. Admit that you can't change by yourself. Until the root is removed, it'll continue to produce one bad fruit after another.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Roots, Want

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