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DAVID MACKENZIE Never say 'no' to pie. No matter what, wherever you are, diet-wise or whatever, you know wha... AL ROKER Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your unders... RICHARD BACH If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don... ANN LANDERS If you are going into any manufacturing establishment, don't go there by reason of any influence... CHARLES M. SCHWAB I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or ... LAUREN GRAHAM You have to like your character, because if you don't, no one else will either. GALE HAROLD Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just t... MARY J. BLIGE My friend Harry Nilsson used to say the definition of an artist was someone who rode way ahead of th... ALBERT BROOKS Don't ever think, no matter how old you are, that you don't need to be coached. PEYTON MANNING You don't know that you'll ever have to talk about the skeleton in your closet. MARK MCGWIRE Do not let yourself get in your own way. Don't judge yourself and knock yourself down. There is ... VALERIE AZLYNN No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It do... JIM VALVANO Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best d... JOEL OSTEEN Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know ... DAN QUAYLE I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competit... OSCAR ROBERTSON No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you'... MARIA SHRIVER Don't go to sleep now, for you have been awakened. Don't shut your eyes, or you will put out... DEBBIE FORD Because you are women, people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will t... AMITABH BACHCHAN Fashion can always be a part of your life no matter what shape or size you are. You don't need t... HAYLEY HASSELHOFF Charm is an intangible. Chutzpah, charm, charisma, that kind of thing, you can't buy it. You eit... COLM FEORE There are only two guidelines in good sex, don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find... ALEX COMFORT I don't think an artist should always know why they gravitate toward something or someone. You a... MICKALENE THOMAS Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine h... MORRISSEY I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don... ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC There's this old saying that, if you aren't particularly gifted in natural sciences, if you ... BERNHARD SCHLINK If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other w... VIGGO MORTENSEN If you don't have a valentine, hang out with your girlfriends, don't go looking for someone.... CARMEN ELECTRA If you don't know your worth, if you don't know your value, if you don't know how fantab... KELLY ROWLAND If you battle monsters, you don't always become a monster. But you aren't entirely human any... JONATHAN MABERRY If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able ... ASTRO TELLER When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are. DENNIS KUCINICH That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want ... FRAN TARKENTON If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't mat... CHRIS NOTH But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always ... JENA MALONE If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is... RENEE OLSTEAD Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don&... JOHN IRVING If you don't have an emotional connection to why you are trying to accomplish your goals, the od... BRETT HOEBEL As an actor, when you are called upon to do a job, you are oftentimes convinced you can't do it.... ERICH BERGEN Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistak... JAMES ALTUCHER In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. Yo... NICOLAS SARKOZY You either end up on a good, fun show that's successful, or you have that question mark in your ... LUCY GRIFFITHS However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what yo... WALE An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's be... ANATOLE FRANCE I'll tell you this: You have to remember to chase and catch your dreams, because if you don'... GARY BUSEY If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan... JIM ROHN If you are stuck at a dead-end job, or you know your friends are bringing you down, the time to act ... RICKY REED If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you... BARBARA DE ANGELIS Fight scenes are hard, no matter what you do. You're trying to make it look like you're hurt... ZACH MCGOWAN We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frighten... SCOTT ADAMS Sometimes I want to just pull the off switch, but you can't because if you go outside, you have ... NICKI MINAJ You can't try and make something you think someone else will like. You can only make what you li... YOLANDI VISSER What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you'... LYNDON B. JOHNSON When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace ... B. B. KING Taking dishes straight off the restaurant's menu and putting them into a cookbook doesn't wo... MARCUS SAMUELSSON When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. ... WHOOPI GOLDBERG My idea of writing is of unflinching and continual effort, somehow trying to find the right words un... JAMES SALTER You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your ... JOEL COEN If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towa... PAULO COELHO I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going ... EDDIE VEDDER Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram... HOWARD AIKEN In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. 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HARRY YOU If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where... MEEK MILL I study nature, and I realize that no matter how much you learn, you can't top nature. TONY BENNETT No matter how heinous someone's behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can't exp... CHRIS MORRIS Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down. ROBERT ALTMAN You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. I mean, some people do live... BERNHARD GOETZ When people say, 'You have Alzheimer's,' you have no idea what Alzheimer's is. You k... NANCY REAGAN Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to ... EVANDER HOLYFIELD I don't care what it is in life: listen to your heart. If you do, no matter what, you win. 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