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"There is a time to go ahead and a time to stay behind. There is a time to breathe easy and time to breathe hard. There is a time to be vigorous and a time to be gentle. There is a time to gather and a time to release. Can you see things as they are And let them be all on their own?"
"I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird."
"We don’t choose between experiences, we choose between memories of experiences. Even when we think about the future, we don’t think of our future normally as experiences. We think of our future as anticipated memories."
"The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful."
"Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him."
"What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives."
"I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one."
"Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."
"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best."
"Long-term consistency trumps short-term intensity."
"Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it."
"Motivation is the key. More than training, more than experience or age, motivation counts. You have to ask yourself: 'Why am I racing?' I race because I like it, because I'm really enjoying it. I like to set up my bike and ride it on track. After 20 years in the GPs I'm still highly motivated. Everything else is a consequence."
"My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once-scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream."
"Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths."
"It's not so much what you accomplish in life that really matters, but what you overcome that proves who you are, what you are, and whether you are a champion."
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
"Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation."
"A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence."
"you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great."
"There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac."
