Rachel Simmons Quotes

I come from a family where happiness was seen as an 'extra,' a kind of frill to life - nice to have, but certainly not necessary and by no means paramount. Work was king. Suffering meant you were working hard. It made you worthy.

Rachel Simmons

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I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don't buy it.

Jim Mattis

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I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

Joe Rogan

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I've been training myself and listening to other artists and seeing where their emotion comes from, singing a heartbreak song when they're in a happy relationship.

Jessica Sanchez

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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Andrew Johnson

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We talk a lot in our home together about where we're going, what I'm doing.

Melinda Gates

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When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.

Andy Stanley

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There are those who believe in my innocence and those who believe in my guilt. There is no in-between.

Amanda Knox

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No civilization has a monopoly on tolerance; each is capable of bigotry.

Amitava Kumar

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If you force yourself to write away from the piano, you come up with more inventive things. If you're too good a piano player, as some composers are, the music may become flavorless and glib. And if you're not a very good pianist, you're limited to the same patterns.

Stephen Sondheim

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Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it.

Rosalynn Carter

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Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Michelangelo

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Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it.

Michael K. Powell

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