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What do you say to taking chances?

One person really can make a difference. Each person is the revolution.

You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it's either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened or the worst thing that ever happened. It won't be an in between, I almost made a hit. It will be an instant flop or an instant success.

I always wanted a child. Being a mother is the central thing in my life.

How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?

It was like she was cheated. Only nobody had cheated her. So there was nobody to take it out on. However, just the same she had that feeling. Cheated.

I am not meant to be alone and without you who understands.

All we can do is go around telling the truth.

You can't judge a book by its cover, can you?

I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.

I don’t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove,

I've had a great time on the road, I would say shooting guns with a silencer in Jacksonville, Fla.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain.

I certainly made mistakes.

Learn to have patience with people, just take it one step at a time in everything that you're doing and just invest time in the people that you're with ... have patience with them, even if they're not necessarily the easiest person to work with.

I'm trying to make some sense out of the phrase "Everything happens for a reason," and I think I've figured out what the reason is - to pissed me off.

I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race...If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British Red as possible...

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

If there is a God, he or she or it or whatever higher power there is is behind us so long as we're using our music in an inspirational way. I'm here for a reason, and I was given a talent, so I'll continue to try to use it.

I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.

I don't think it matters if there is a god or not. I've met people who believe in God that are good and that are bad. And I've met people who don't believe in God that are good and that are bad. So, just be good. I'm good. Not cos I think I'll go to heaven but because when I do something bad, I feel bad. And when I do something good, I feel good.

If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?

I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest- expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there's nothing there, not even a beat.

Cheyenne Jackson is just a dream.

With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You just have a take it one step at a time and know that it's all right to keep going - you can always fix it.

For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference.

Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong.

Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I have for myself.

Never trust a man in a jumpsuit

Women have been trained to speak softly and carry a lipstick. Those days are over.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

When we are on tour we also take chances.

For life is a journey through a wilderness

There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.

Most of all, I like chasing girls.

I always call my cousin because we're so close. We're almost like sisters, and we're also close because our mom's are sisters.

I think God has plans for everyone, and I'm just thankful this is his plan for me.

I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and had a great time doing it.

There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference...

One person of integrity can make a difference.

What does it mean, being a woman?

You may find that making a difference for others makes the biggest difference in you.

If there is anything serious enough to make a difference in my ife, I will talk about it.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!” (p 272)

We need to change what we say and what we allow to be said in front of us.

The State is now more involved than it has ever been in the raising of children, and children are now more neglected, abused, and mistreated than they have been in our time. This is not a coincidence, and, with all due respect, I am here to tell you: It does not take a village to raise a child-it takes a family.

This is our last chance to make a difference. If you're like me, you don't want to have to ask yourself on the day after the election, what else could I have done?

It feels good to rail against what is wrong in the world, to fight the good fight, to beat the drum of making a difference. I am right there with you.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices.

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

We're the ones who can make a difference. If we lead lives where we consciously leave the lightest possible ecological footprints, if we buy the things that are ethical for us to buy and don't buy the things that are not, we can change the world overnight.

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.

Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.

Making a living is nothing; the great difficulty is making a point, making a difference-with words.

When you're building a business, you're either all in, or you're not.

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.

Being a mother is the role I'm most proud of.

It makes a difference when you've got more than two months versus two weeks to train for a particular opponent.

They say give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to fish and he'll get his own show on the Discovery Channel.

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.

Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives.

Once upon a time, I did not live in Shady Pines. Once upon a time, my name was not Alice. Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was.

Have a great day. Note: does not apply to my enemies.

Life is a journey I don't have a map for

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?

If you never take a chance, you will never be defeated - but you will never accomplish anything either.

To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect.

To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman

There comes a time when only anger is love.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

I've overcome a lot - sexual abuse, death of a loved one, bad parents and experienced life. My nature is such I not only survived all this but I have thrived. I've always been psychologically ambitious in that I've never been willing to settle emotionally for anything less then what's needed. I've wanted more then that from life.

If the Treasury were to fill old bottles with bank-notes, bury them at suitable depths in disused coal-mines which are then filled up to the surface with town rubbish, and leave it to private enterprise on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again (the right to do so being obtained, of course, by tendering for leases of the note-bearing territory), there need be no more unemployment and, with the help of repercussions, the real income of the community, and its capital wealth, would probably become a good deal greater than it actually is.

There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.

If you are with someone who is awesome and having a good time, you can sit at a bus station and still have fun.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

Once upon a time there were three little foxes Who didn't wear stockings, and they didn't wear sockses, But they all had handkerchiefs to blow their noses, And they kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes.

I'll give you three guesses, Rabbit. Digging holes in the ground? Wrong. Leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? Wrong. Waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? Right. Give Rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer.

Motherhood changes everything.

I try not to take myself too seriously. I like to have a good time.

It's important to see what we can do to make a difference, but it's more important to me to do it every single day.

You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living.

...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turned out a product which sweetened the flavor of life all over the world.

The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask. I have shed my mask.

What do you really believe makes a difference in the company? For me it's really clear. It's about customers and employees. Everything else follows. If you take care of your customers and you have motivated employees, everything else follows.

Being a parent is amazing.

Never feel too small or powerless to make a difference.