A Quote by Mary Lou Retton
As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.
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In general, the musicians we met that made the most sense just said to do what feels right and try not worry about what other people think. I know that sounds stupid and simple. I feel like Neil Young has done that and he's still making albums. He's one of the people I really look up to as someone who has kind of stuck to their guns their whole career. Just making music for music.
The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just a sacred trust... Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people - with my songs.
I've been making films since the '70s and trying to develop that best possible fiction-film style that I feel is the most expressive. At a certain point, I felt I was winding up making the same film stylistically and I found that boring.
I believe in the Bible and I try to follow the Bible. I know I'm an imperfect person … I'm not making myself an angel because I'm not an angel and I'm not a devil either. I try to be the best I can and I try to do what I think is right.
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.
What I'm good at is making sure we have the best resources, the best talent, the best marketing, and the best access to distribution.
I'm living life as best I can - but I'm not exempt from failure and making bad choices.
We're actually making not one but 30 choices at a time: Our mind is making a choice. Our heart's making choices.
You have two choices: You can take what you're given or build with what you've got. I choose to build with what I've got and try to make the best of it because I've still been given a stage. I've still got cameras in front of my face when I want them, and I plan to run with it.
It's always been about making the best Mac we know how. Among the many benefits are making it easy to use and affordable, with great features.
I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.
We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.
If we have to know without a doubt that the choices we are making are the perfect ones, we risk never making any choices at all.
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I can't put on an act, so I try to be one of the best fighters so at least I get paid. Let's say Michael Bisping, he wasn't that great. He was losing, winning, but he was making a lot of money, and that was because he was outspoken and from the U.K. But not everyone can be like that. So, I tried to be the best I could.
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