"We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us."
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"People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions."
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"Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward. Most people do the exact opposite: They only take action when they expect a reward, and they don't enjoy the action. And that's the reason why they don't do their best."
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"When we really see other people as they are without taking it personally, we can never be hurt by what they say or do."
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"I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change."
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"Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it."
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"I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know."
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"And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in."
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"Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted."
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"If you go out into the real world, you cannot miss seeing that the poor are poor not because they are untrained or illiterate but because they cannot retain the returns of their labor. They have no control over capital, and it is the ability to control capital that gives people the power to rise out of poverty."
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"I would recommend that skeptics devote even more effort than they do now to understanding the reasons why so many people want or need to believe."
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"I like to write from my life and the relationships that make it up. I think its important to use music to change people's moods. I try to write my story in a way that people can take for themselves and their own life."
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"You have to have a passion for your work. How can we expect people to be passionate if you, as their coach, does not have a passion? Coaching has to be something that gives you passion and energy."
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"Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible new religion to introduce during the brief period of repentance and horror that usually follows bloodshed."
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"I'm a libertarian. I think a lot of people are libertarians and are afraid to admit it - or don't know."
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"Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers."
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"I know that I cannot take responsibility for other people. We are all under the law of our own consciousness."
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"Leave your ego, play the music, love the people."
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"The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal."
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"True love should be transformative; a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Only to the extent that we polish ourselves now can we hope to develop wonderful bonds of the heart in the future."
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