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"We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life."
"There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart."
"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will??"
"We have the choice to use the gift of our life to make the world a better place--or not to bother"
"Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan."
"Life- ride it until the wheels fall off."
"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."
"When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world."
"You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it."
"Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all."
"If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere."
"I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since."
"Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time."
"There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made."
"Art is an idea that has found its perfect visual expression. And design is the vehicle by which this expression is made possible. Art is a noun, and design is a noun and also a verb. Art is a product and design is a process. Design is the foundation of all the arts."
"Feminism is equality: politically; culturally; socially; economically. That's it, that simple."
"The first draft of anything is sh*t."
"If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss."
"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."
"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk."
