Better Than You Quotes - Page 12

• Well, the film industry is completely sexist and completely class-biased. It's not something I get on the ground level, it's more from financiers and producers and distributors. It's a way of dealing with you that is essentially patronising: I know better than you.

  Lynne Ramsay

  Class, Way, Levels

  "Lynne Ramsay: 'Just talk to me straight'". Interview with Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. October 1, 2011.

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• I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."

  Frank Deford

  Basketball, Writing, Athlete

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Don't punish yourself for what others have done to you. You're better than them. You're better than you think.

  Mia Tyler

  Thinking, Done

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• Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, "Oh." He's just being stupid.

  Angelique Kidjo

  Stupid, Giving, Racist

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.

  J. J. Abrams

  Sports, People, Occasions

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think writing is a difficult thing and you need to suffer a little bit, even if it's just to sit there and think what an idiot you are and how anyone else could do this better than you can.

  Brian Helgeland

  Writing, Thinking, Suffering

  Source: collider.com

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• Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.

  Jim Rohn

  Years, Six Months, Enhancement

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 16, 2017

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• The point of taxation isn't that the government knows better than you how to spend your money - it's that the government, by virtue of being the government, can spend money in ways that no private citizen or group no matter how powerful, can.

  Jesse Taylor

  Powerful, Government, Groups

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• Nobody knows you better than you do.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Nobody Knows

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• It is usually the case that people who know you better than you know yourself think you're a pretty good person.

  Robert Breault

  Relationship, Thinking, People

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• In God's eyes, no one on this planet is any better than you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Self Esteem, Eye, Planets

  Dyer, Wayne (2005). “Everyday Wisdom”, p.51, Hay House, Inc

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• It is not too late. You are not too old. You are right on time-And you are better than you know.

  Marianne Williamson

  Age, Too Late, Old You

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Always surround yourself with people who are better than you. If you're hanging around bad people, they're going to start bringing you down . . . But, if you surround yourself with good people, they're going to be pulling you up.

  Donny Osmond

  People, Surround Yourself, Pulling

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• Today, Jesus stands ready to hear your cry and to answer prayer for you. He is interested in every detail of your life. He knows you better than you know yourself.

  Kathryn Kuhlman

  Jesus, Prayer, Details

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• To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.

  Bill Nye

  People, World, Sometimes

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• Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

  Tim Ferriss

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Insecure

  "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich". Book by Tim Ferriss, 2007.

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• Exactly one day in your life your kid will ski as good as you do. The next day, he'll ski better than you.

  Warren Miller

  Kids, Next Day, One Day

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• For all the folks getting excited about my quotes. Here is another - Yes, I am a terrible coder, but I am probably still better than you :)

  Rasmus Lerdorf

  Coders, Excited, Terrible

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2010

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• Then be sure of one thing:
  The Is has imagined it quite a bit better than you have.
  The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.

  Richard Bach

  Beauty, Limits, Sin

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• Just for today, SMILE a little more. Just for today, ask someone how he or she is really doing. Just for today, remember, while some may have it better than you do, there are others whom definitely have it worse than you! Just for today, just let go, just for today.

  James A. Murphy III

  Smile, Letting Go, May

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• Islam is not about “we’re better than you”. Rather it is about “let me show you something that is better for you

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Inspirational, Religious, Islamic

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• Some people make you feel better about living. Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this 'Ah', because there's something in them that's brighter or lighter, something beautiful or better than you, and here's the magic: instead of feeling worse, instead of feeling 'why am I so ordinary?', you feel just the opposite, you feel glad. In a weird way you feel better, because before this you hadn't realised or you'd forgotten human beings could shine so.

  Niall Williams

  Beautiful, Heart, Feel Better

  Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.128, A&C Black

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• If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.

  David Ogilvy

  Men, Pay, Ifs

  David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.97, Profile Books

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• The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.

  Napoleon Hill

  Men, Analysis, Genius

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• I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are.

  Nia Vardalos

  Thinking, Parent, Taught

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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