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“The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.” — Frank Miller

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“You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.” — Denis Waitley

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“Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.” — Edwin Louis Cole

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“Focused. I'm a hustler. And my hustle is trying to figure out the best ways to do what I like without having to do much else.” — Mos Def

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“You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.” — Meister Eckhart

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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.” — Willa Cather

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“Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.” — Harvey Fierstein

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“The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.” — Orson Welles

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“Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.” — John Ruskin

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“It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.” — Anne Baxter

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“Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.” — Euripides

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“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.” — Kenneth Grahame

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“If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.” — Paula Abdul

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“I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.” — Tab Hunter

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“In the beginning there was the word. The word was Jah. The word is in I, Jah is in I. I make what is good, better, and what is better, best. I follow this in every aspect of life.” — Peter Tosh

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“Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.” — Tony Snow

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“Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.” — Rip Torn

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“You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“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.” — Shania Twain

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“A girl's legs are her best friends... but even the best of friends must part.” — Redd Foxx

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“Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.” — Anne M. Mulcahy

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“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.” — Douglas MacArthur

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