A Quote by Alexander Woollcott
At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.
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Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.
Superstition's not for me. And I'm not much for medicine either. I know my mind and my body better than anyone else.
True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.
I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people. I was never quite as groomed as everyone else, never quite as fit as anyone else. I didn't have my protein shake and my vitamins.
You're as good as anyone else is, if you're good. You're no less important than anyone else is in the grand scope of things.
Messi is the best player of all time. Better than Pele, better than Maradona and better than anyone else.
Ah, this is fine," he cried triumphantly, holding up a small medallion on a chain. He dusted it off, and engraved on one side were the words "WHY NOT?" "That's a good reason for almost anything - a bit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.
Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there's more to looking good than your physical appearance. If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else thinks that they do.
Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are.
I'm like anyone else: there's good and bad in what I do and there are always people out there who think they know better than you.
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