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«I love it when women come up to me and tell me I'm a positive influence on their lives and the lives of their young daughters. That's a great feeling.»
«I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.»
«I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.»
«I live every day to its fullest extent and I don't sweat the small stuff.»
Author: Olivia Newton-John | About: Life | Keywords: fullest, small stuff
«I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life.»
«I may be revered or defamed and decried; But I tried to live my life right.»
Author: Tracy Chapman | About: Life | Keywords: decried, decry, I Tried, revered, revering
«I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.»
Author: Douglas Adams (Writer) | About: Faith, Intention, Life | Keywords: ended, gone, intended, may not
«I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.»
«I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.»
«I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man»