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• Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; Faust sold his for some extra years of youth; Marilyn Monroe deserted Jesus Christ for Arthur Miller.

  Nicholas Samstag

  Jesus, Years, Soul

  Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

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• The wife correct " Lorelei prompted. "She makes sure her husband is treated with the proper regard and she is the one who sees after his care just like you would do a treasured pup." Annabeth frowned. "I suppose that's true." "Thank you " Lorelei said. "Now if you wish to train a man to listen to you you never shout you whisper. They take extra special care to listen to a quiet tone while they automatically shut out loud ones. And just like you would a dog when he comes at your bidding you reward him. That way he'll always come instead of ignoring you or putting you off.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dog, Husband, Men

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• I always have a good quality extra virgin olive oil. A cheap quality oil will end up cheapening your dishes. And I love sweetening my dishes with maple syrup. It has a bit of a bitter kick at the end that works wonderfully in savory dishes.

  Nadia Giosia

  Sweet Love, Oil, Quality

  "World Chefs: No-nonsense food with a pinch of punk". Interview with Dorene Internicola, www.reuters.com. August 16, 2011.

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• Any life he'd ever heard of, his own included, was burdened with emotions - love, loss, jobs, jealousy, money, death, pain. But if you were Jewish, always there was this extra one, the added pull at your endurance, the one more thing. There was that line in Thoreau about 'quiet desperation' - that was indeed true of most men. But for some men and women, for some fathers and mothers and children, the world still contrived that one extra test, endless and unrelenting.

  Laura Z. Hobson

  Inspiring, Mother, Jobs

  Laura Z. Hobson (2011). “Gentleman's Agreement”, p.310, Open Road Media

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• It horrifies me that ethics is only an optional extra at Harvard Business School.

  John Harvey-Jones

  Leadership, School, Ethics

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• Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Wells, Humans

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.

  Napoleon Hill

  Opportunity, Going The Extra Mile, Miles

  Napoleon Hill, Judith Williamson (2008). “Timeless Thoughts for Today”, p.159, Jaico Publishing House

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• All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars

  Banksy

  War, Graffiti, Levels

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• If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Pride, Practice, Effort

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.44, Shambhala Publications

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• When you make a movie, everyone should leave their own personal problems at home. When they start bringing those to set, filming can be very difficult... You don't need any extra drama. Put the drama into the story, in the characters.

  Robert De Niro

  Drama, Character, Home

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• It's my contention that there is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart...so it can be a lovely, merciful thing to think, 'Actually, there is no path I can take without having my heart broken, so why not get on with it and stop wanting these extra-special circumstances which stop me from doing something courageous?'

  David Whyte

  Heart, Thinking, Broken

  "The Questions that Have No Right to Go Away" By David Whyte, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.

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• The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Analysis, Genius

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• As if a device can function if it has no style. As if a device can be called stylish that does not function superbly... yes, beauty matters. Boy, does it matter. It is not surface, it is not an extra, it is the thing itself.

  Stephen Fry

  Boys, Style, Does It Matter

  "Welcome to dork talk" by Stephen Fry, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2007.

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• In her inestimable audacity, Julia was the catalyst in my life for something beautiful. I hadn't anticipated her-hadn't even wanted her, truthfully-but there she was. A little something extra that made all the difference in the world.

  Cathleen Falsani

  Love, Beautiful, Differences

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.187, Zondervan

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• If I had my way, I'd remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.

  Roald Dahl

  July, Wish, Calendars

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• I like to think of my son as having an extra puzzle piece rather than missing one.

  Stuart Duncan

  Son, Thinking, Missing

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• Today, do just a little bit more. Turn going the extra mile into a habit - it is what lifts most successful people above the crowd.

  Bob Proctor

  Successful, People, Crowds

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Aug 15, 2015

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• Oscar Wilde quite rightly said, 'All art is useless'. And that may sound as if that means it's something not worth supporting. But if you actually think about it, the things that matter in life are useless. Love is useless. Wine is useless. Art is the love and wine of life. It is the extra, without which life is not worth living.

  Stephen Fry

  Art, Wine, Mean

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• Competition is healthy. It makes you work harder and strive for more and try to find that extra one or two percent in your game that you could possibly improve.

  Bernhard Langer

  Hard Work, Games, Two

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• Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit

  Bruce Lee

  Going The Extra Mile, Habit, Miles

  Bruce Lee, John Little (1997). “Jeet kune do: Bruce Lee's commentaries on the martial way”, Tuttle Publishing

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• If you spend an extra hour each day of study in your chosen field you will be a national expert in that field in five years or less.

  Earl Nightingale

  Years, Experts, Each Day

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• A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the movie. A great soundtrack is all about communicating with the audience, but we all try to bring something extra to the movie that is not entirely evident on screen.

  Hans Zimmer

  Views, Should Have, Two

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• My inner guidance is there for me to call on anytime I need or want extra clarity, wisdom, knowledge, support, creative inspiration, love, or companionship.

  Shakti Gawain

  Inspiration, Support, Creative

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• Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.

  Philip Zimbardo

  Giving Up, Hero, People

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• The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Essence, Optional

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