In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
#quotes #michael-cudlitz #john-wells #tv

Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
#quotes #sue-grafton #children #schooling

Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
#quotes #harold-b-lee #home #family

You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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