Shirley Chisholm
Politician, Educator
"Don't list to those who say YOU CAN'T. Listen to the voice inside yourself that says, I CAN."
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Jim Rohn
Author, Motivational Speaker
"One of the best places to start to turn your life around is by doing whatever appears on your mental "I should" list."
Aristotle
Philosopher
"A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few."
Wentworth Miller
Actor
"I have my own personal wish list."
George Herbert
Poet
"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor. It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round."
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"I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible."
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"Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow."
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"A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town."
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"When I was 9, my parents let me take a cab to the mall all by myself. I had hardly any money to spend, but I did have a very specific list of things I wanted to do: buy cookies and sit on the furniture at Sears."
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"We like lists because we don't want to die."
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"Here is your cross, Your nails and your hill; And here is your love, That lists where it will"
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"Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms."
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"A complete and accurately defined list of projects, kept current and reviewed on at least a weekly basis, is a master key to stress-free productivity."
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"I'm definitely a messy person... I know where everything is but I just can't organize. I don't make lists and find scripts on the laundry machine, and under my bed, or in the bathroom, kitchen. It's bad, I really need to take control."
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"If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them."
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"Sometimes we do get taken by surprise. For example, when the Internet came along, we had it as a fifth or sixth priority. It wasn't like somebody told me about it and I said, "I don't know how to spell that." I said, "Yeah, I've got that on my list, so I'm okay." But there came a point when we realized it was happening faster and was a much deeper phenomenon than had been recognized in our strategy."
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"Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first."
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"There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list."
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"Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze."
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"When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I would never do a dish unless I had to write."
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"cross that person off your invitation list."
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"I'm an actress, model and athlete, and I'd put athlete third on the list."
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"History is merely a list of surprises... It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again."
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"At EMILY's List, we’re in the business of expanding the political power of women."
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"I won't make a bucket list because I'm so afraid that I'll die and then people will find my bucket list and be, like, 'Oh, she didn't get to do that.'"
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