Mitch Albom Quotes

Mortality means you don't have forever to work things out. You can live your life unexamined but then on the last day you're going to think: 'I've left things a little late.'

Mitch Albom

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The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win - you pass the test.

Jocko Willink

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I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

John Corigliano

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'The Secret Life of Bees' was my first novel, so I had no process. I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand how I, as a novelist, would work with story.

Sue Monk Kidd

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I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

Tom Wopat

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The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

Martina Navratilova

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The Comedy Central CDs combined with the TV specials are what led to my stuff being traded and passed around, and a lot more people knowing my jokes than I thought.

Mike Birbiglia

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I never liked the idea of taking a photo just for yourself - I think everything is better when shared.

Chiara Ferragni

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I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.

Chauncey Billups

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I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done.

Clifford Geertz

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When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.

Bonnie Hunt

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Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality.

Philip Treacy

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I work on stories rather than individual pictures.

Sebastiao Salgado

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