Gordon W. Allport Quotes

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

Gordon W. Allport

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GoalsProcessOrganizingStriving

I always think the second worst thing in the world is to go on stage at night, and the first worst thing in the world is sitting at home at night. For me, it's scarier to not be doing it than doing it.

Jesse Eisenberg

HomeMeWorldNightThinkDoing

There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.

John Gourley

PeopleLookingFeelRealI Feel Like

Bill Gates finds people in Russia to hire them to Microsoft. That's the Russian interest in this process.

Anatoly Chubais

PeopleProcessRussiaHireInterest

I like cycling and swimming and walking everywhere. I'm not going to the gym. I like being outside rather than inside a room.

Anna Ewers

SwimmingWalkingGymInsideOutside

My brain doesn't have enough time to play around like that. To get limber enough to have a nightmare.

John Wozniak

TimeBrainEnoughPlayGetLike

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

Martine McCutcheon

LoveDayYourselfThinkEndActing

My parents split up when I was young, and they are still good friends. I think it's often projected that these things have to be so acrimonious. It's so often not the case.

Miranda Otto

GoodParentsThinkFriendsYoungUp

The truth is that genetics has robbed me of hair. But it's not interesting to blame genetics.

Moby

TruthMeBlameHairTruth IsRobbed

'L.A. Law' has been a bit of a blessing and a curse. First of all, it was a very prestigious show that had a lot of intellect, and I was the pretty boy. I've had to battle that my whole career: 'Oh, you were the face guy. You didn't really have to act; you just had to wear the right suits.' I had to battle that.

Corbin Bernsen

BlessingLawFaceSuitsBattleYou

I tell myself that water is my medicine and that to stay well, I have to drink a gallon of it every day.

Ciara

WaterMyselfDayMedicineEvery Day

Structure your cross-training appropriately by alternating the intensity of your sessions so you work, recover, work, recover.

Brett Hoebel

WorkYouStructureYourIntensity

I grew up in the entertainment industry, and I think being around that gave me a different perspective on people and what's real and what's fake. I think about that a lot, and it comes out in my songs.

Aubrie Sellers

PerspectivePeopleMeThinkFakeUp

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