"Everyone has to do 20 push-ups for the mellophones shorts."

-- Aaron Goldberg

“Man is not himself only...He is all that he sees; all that flows to him from a thousand sources...He is the land, the lift of its mountain lines, the reach of its valleys.”
“Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in those Complicated Shadows”
“There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person.”
“The quiet of the morning offers a perfect time to do a meditation and yoga practice. It also allows time to be creative or to contemplate before the business of the day.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one.”

Source : 1676 The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter, act 1, sc.1.
“I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.”
“Nicholas Sarkozy made the point that both America and France have political systems that they want to share with the world. There's an emphasis on being a unique person. Screw you if you don't like it. But the problem is, they're all the same.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It is only in your mind that you have to excel, at anything or everything. Of course, it would be very nice to excel at most things. Indeed, we recommend that you try and do your best. But realistically, you are entitled to do the bare minimum to get by. All your accomplishments are just a bonus, something to enjoy, not requirements. You don't have to do anything to prove that you are worthy of existing.”

Source : David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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