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• I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.

  Michael Dirda

  Lying, Night, Years

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Firsts, First Time, Wanted

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• From the time I was six years old, I wanted to be a BMX Racer and be the best.

  Donny Robinson

  Years, Bmx, Six

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• Do anything you wanna do—but from [the heart]. Music is a thing from the heart, from the soul, just like anything else you do, man. And you can be the best, you can be what you wanna be. That’s right! You can do what you wanna do. I believe—I’m a blues player. I never been a millionaire, but let me tell you something—I think I am. Cause I got this. I’ve got what it take. And I don’t care if you don’t believe me, man, but I know you do. Because this is what it’s all about. Anything you do, if you wanna do it and you love it, you rich. You a millionaire, man.

  Hubert Sumlin

  Believe, Heart, Player

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• People don't want to do new things if they think they're going to be bad at them or people are going to laugh at them. You have to be willing to subject yourself to failure, to be bad, to fall on your head and do it again, and try stuff that you've never done in order to be the best you can be.

  Laird Hamilton

  Fall, Thinking, Order

  "Assets Management". www.outsideonline.com. June 5, 2007.

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• Sure, you need enormous amounts of technical expertise to be the best in the world. But to accomplish mindfulness, you just need something you already have: the willingness to quiet down, clear the crap and trust yourself.

  Danny Gregory

  Mindfulness, Needs, World

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• When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

  Freddie Hubbard

  Trying, Records, Want

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• You should never try to be better than someone else, you should always be learning from others. But you should never cease trying to be the best you could be because that's under your control and the other isn't.

  John Wooden

  Trying, Should, Learning From Others

  Interview on "Charlie Rose Show", archive.org. June 14, 2000.

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• I guess for me, balance isn't about treating your time like a pie chart and dividing it into equally sized slices for you, the kids, work, and so on. It's about the quality of how you spend your time, not the quantity--are you being present and focused on whatever you're doing while you're doing it? I truly believe that's how you can be the best version of yourself, whether you're in work mode, mom mode, or wife mode. When I know I'm giving my undivided attention in each of these areas, I don't feel so guilty about the time spent away from them.

  Jessica Alba

  Mom, Believe, Kids

  Jessica Alba (2013). “The Honest Life (Enhanced Edition): Living Naturally and True to You”, p.181, Rodale

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• By ' patriotism ' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life , which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people.

  George Orwell

  Believe, Mean, People

  George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: I belong to the Left: 1945”

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• Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to be great cooks, have great style, be great in bed, be the best mothers, speak seven languages, and be able to understand derivatives. And we don't really have women we're modeling after, so we're all looking for how to do this.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Mother, Women, Media

  "Jamie Lee Curtis Comes Clean". Good Housekeeping Interview, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 3, 2010.

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• Football used to be my god but no longer is. I still love it, I'm still aggressive, I still want to be very successful at it, I want to win a lot of football games. And my job is to be the best football player in the world, because it affords me a life; it pays, it's my job, and so it hasn't dulled my senses for the game or the love or the great excitement I get from the game. It's just that I'm very much at peace with myself because of my faith.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Football, Jobs, Successful

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• I must have been a really tough kid to corral. I got disciplined quite frequently. I guess that would be the best way to say it. The rod, I wore out the rod. You know, Spare the rod and spoil the child? Well, I wore out the rod.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Children, Kids, Would Be

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• In football I enjoyed competing and wanted to be the best. That was also part of it. There were quite a few factors. I loved the game, it was a great way to socialize and I liked playing against girls because it meant competing on a level playing field.

  Hope Powell

  Girl, Football, Games

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• If you want to make it as a sportsperson - Become knowledgeable in the sport you want to participate in. Think about the sport and what it can offer in its entirety. You shouldn't want to become a professional sportsperson because of the money. There's a lot more to gain from being involved in sport. Work hard to get what you want. If it's your ambition, go for it. You don't have to be the best in the world to make it as an elite athlete. You need to be a grafter and be prepared to sacrifice.

  Hope Powell

  Sports, Athlete, Ambition

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• I just want to try everything. I want to see how good I can be, the best I can be at what I'm doing. I want to do everything. You know? I want to be in a musical. I want to do everything. I want to try and sing.

  Mike Tyson

  Musical, Trying, Want

  Source: collider.com

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• Cuban mechanics obviously have to be the best mechanics in the world.They're going to figure out all sorts of things to do.

  Jeffrey Goldberg

  World, Mechanic, Cuban

  "In Cuba, Hints of Dramatic Change Emerge from Fidel Castro". "PBS Newshour" with Margaret Warner, www.pbs.org. September 15, 2010.

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• If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down substantially would be the best thing you could do for them.

  Bill Gates

  Two, Want, Energy

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• The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

  Warren G. Harding

  Men, White Man, Black

  "The Christian Science Monitor" Newspaper, October 27, 1921.

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• I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Fighting, Want, Fighter

  Manny Pacquiao's Press Conference, www.boxingscene.com. April 7, 2007.

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• I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best.

  Reggie Bush

  Trying, Way, Criticize

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• I want to be the best in whatever I do.

  Gilbert Arenas

  Want

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• I'd compare myself to Zinedine Zidane... a humble guy who just happened to be the best

  Nicolas Anelka

  Humble, Zidane, Guy

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• No relationship is perfect nor will anyone ever be the best boyfriend or girlfriend. Long as you put in the effort and try to make your lover happy. That's all we can ask for.

  Kevin McCarty

  Girlfriend, Perfect, Long

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• If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the Yankees.

  Casey Stengel

  Yankees, Want, Stores

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