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People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
Dolly PartonRead
You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
Bill ParcellsRead
The only thing is I am a little bit ashamed of is I didn't come out earlier, that I didn't have the strength to do it, the courage to break that lie. But everyone goes on their own path to do this, and I don't want the struggle to be so hard for other people.
Ian ThorpeRead
Your job, work, life assignment must be the spark that fuels your fire. It must be a passion that you pursue. You must want it enough to do it for free. You must be willing to stick with it, taking the ups and downs, giving it all that you are for as long as you can! You’ve got to taste it, smell it, know it whether you are awake or asleep. If you do not have a lustful passion for your work, you really need to find something else to do.
Iyanla VanzantRead
I cannot invest the way I want the world to be; I have to invest the way the world is.
Jim RogersRead
Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.
Philip NeriRead
If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.
Thomas A KempisRead
The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.
Kurt TucholskyRead
The only thing that was on my mind was, 'I want to play for India one day,' and I was pretty sure and confident that one day I will.
Sachin TendulkarRead
The objects in our system are instead a help to the child himself, he chooses what he wants for his own use, and works with it according to his own needs, tendencies and special interests. In this way, the objects become a means of growth.
Maria MontessoriRead
I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.
Karl LagerfeldRead
You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'
Karl LagerfeldRead
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.
Bill ParcellsRead
Desire is what leads you through life until the time comes when you desire a higher life. So do not be ashamed that you want so much, yet at the same time do not fool yourself into thinking that what you want today will be enough tomorrow.
Deepak ChopraRead
Life is beautiful. He who reads that_x000D_ _x000D_ As in the window of some distant, speeding train_x000D_ _x000D_ Knows what he wants, and what will befall.
John AshberyRead
My belief is that to have no wants is divine.
SocratesRead
The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don't.
Zig ZiglarRead
If I was to stop making music tomorrow doesn't mean suddenly there is this gap. You don't get elected. The people decide where you are. Whether I'm here or not, if they want you to be at the top then the people will move me out the way.
Jay-ZRead
I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.
Mahatma GandhiRead
I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people.
Sun RaRead
One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told me when I was a boy: The only way you can be different from other people is to do some s-- they don't want to do.
Wynton MarsalisRead

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