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People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.
J. Michael Straczynski
Wisdom
Time
Blame
People
Too Much
Past
Energy
Too
Other
Enough
Too Much Time
Spend
Out
Finding
Putting
Excuses
Line
Getting
Being
Capable
Themselves
Much
Growing
Lives
Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; you don't have to be their best friend. You can experience the fun of competition and driving toward a common goal without pushing to bond in some major way with each individual on a project.
Kathleen Kennedy
Work
Best
You
Sports
Experience
Competition
Everybody
Project
Way
Best Friend
Able
Some
Individual
Pushing
Driving
Toward
Major
Without
Understand
Goal
Friend
Common
Common Goal
Meaning
Meaning Of
Teaches
Team
Fun
Each
Each Individual
Bond
Need
Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.
Nev Schulman
Life
Character
Broken
You
Heart
Experience
Important
Our
Defines
Lied
Life Experience
Risk
Taking
Adventure
Know
Heart Broken
Getting
Going
Ups
Being
Being Lied To
Means
Your
Even
Downs
Need
Appreciate
So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.
Stephen J. Cannell
You
People
Darkness
Energy
Nothing
Other
Righteous
Battles
Moral
Carrying
Kinds
Guy
Having
Cast
Involved
Around
Person
Get
Gets
So Many People
Where
Themselves
Create
Many
Waste
Grudges
Tons
If I look confused it is because I am thinking.
Samuel Goldwyn
Confused
Thinking
Look
Because
Am
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn
Day
Me
Genius
Intelligence
Smart
Stupid
Idiot
Give
Give Me
Over
Any
If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.
James L. Brooks
Great
You
Amazing
Rare
Rare Thing
Boss
Catch
Just
Ever
Thing
All racism is wrong, and denying that it exists does not make it go away.
Roger Ross Williams
Racism
Go Away
Wrong
Make
Does
Go
Exists
Denying
Away
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
Cecil B. DeMille
Law
Impossible
Ourselves
Only
Break
Against
Us
You try to do the best with what you've got and ignore everything else. That's why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
Jimmy Iovine
Best
You
Try
Lose
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Horse
Horse Racing
Horses
Step
Look
Blinders
Got
Get
Racing
Next
Ignore
Why
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Samuel Goldwyn
Work
Get
Luckier
Harder
I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything.
Aaron Spelling
Love
Wife
Everything
Anniversary
She
Anything
Anything And Everything
Deserves
I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again.
Arthur Freed
Rain
Happy
Wonderful
Feeling
Singing
Wonderful Feeling
Just
Again
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
Gene Roddenberry
Strength
Fight
Ability
Rather
Prevent
Civilization
Them
Measured
Wars
'Star Trek' was an attempt to say humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in lifeforms.
Gene Roddenberry
Wisdom
Day
Humanity
Maturity
Will
Differences
Trek
Say
Delight
Take
Attempt
Reach
Ideas
Begins
Just
Special
Tolerate
Star
Star Trek
Follow your passion. The rest will attend to itself. If I can do it, anybody can do it. It's possible. And it's your turn. So go for it. It's never too late to become what you always wanted to be in the first place.
J. Michael Straczynski
You
Too Late
Never Too Late
Passion
Will
Rest
First
Become
Too
Late
Possible
Follow
Never
Attend
First Place
Always
Go
Go For It
Itself
Anybody
Wanted
Place
Turn
Your
Rejection is a common occurrence. Learning that early and often will help you build up the tolerance and resistance to keep going and keep trying.
Kevin Feige
You
Learning
Will
Build
Tolerance
Rejection
Occurrence
Up
Trying
Going
Often
Common
Help
Keep
Keep Going
Early
Resistance
Festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity, they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being. In short, they make cities better places to live.
David Binder
Creativity
Better
Pride
Opportunities
Diversity
Live
Increase
Our
Neighbors
Cities
Promote
Civic
General
Make
Well-Being
Dialogue
Festivals
Offer
Improve
Short
Psychological
Places
Bring
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn
Morning
Monumental
Had
Idea
Like
Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.
Cecil B. DeMille
God
Man
Law
Made
Down
Laws
Never
He
Since
Moses
Were
Commandments
Handed
Mount
Improved
Million
It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
Gary David Goldberg
People
Important
Everybody
Winning
Takes
Make
Lot
Contribution
Team
Establish and maintain good working relationships with co-workers. You don't have to be friends, but you do have to be friendly.
Judy Smith
Good
You
Relationships
Maintain
Friendly
Friends
Establish
Co-Workers
Working
You always risk people misunderstanding you when you say anything.
Phil Lord
You
People
Say
Risk
Always
Misunderstanding
Anything
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn
Bad
Makes
Just
Screen
Film
Twice
Wide
Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
Aaron Sorkin
Change
People
World
Group
Change The World
Thoughtful
Thoughtful People
Only
Small
Small Group
Forget
The Only Thing
Ever
Thing
Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
J. Michael Straczynski
Truth
Understanding
Side
Your
Sword
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