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- Nov 07, 2020
Best Quotes
Quotes on doing your best work.
These quotes focus on craft and timing - a drama student naming the first year as the best, and filmmakers explaining that the best visual effects and shots come from grounding fantasy in something real. Related reading includes Achievement Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a nation, America is at its best when we are thinking and making things and exporting to the world.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.
- Emblem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the term 'best of' is quite embarrassing, I think of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen and all these amazing artists. I don't really see myself in that kind of gang, unfortunately.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
While reflecting on past relationships and learning from them can be helpful, February isn't the best time to try and gain insight.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to be really pragmatic, but ultimately tend to be attracted to people who pull me into more spontaneity. I've really learned that, through surrender, the best experiences of my life have happened.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much the end of that.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020