Can Do Quotes - Page 15

• Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Use

  Hans Christian Andersen (2015). “What the Moon Saw and Other Tales”, p.61, Library of Alexandria

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• Racist people are few, in the minority. But you can do nothing to change them. You can talk, you can do what you want, but you can't do anything because they are just stupid people.

  Mario Balotelli

  Stupid, People, Minorities

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• God, thank you for waking me up this morning. I want to embrace every day, however limited my day may be, as a gift from God. I want to live this day to its fullest. I know there are things I can no longer do. I know I am facing daily limitations. But I want to focus on what I can do, not on what I cannot do. So help me God. I know this day will never be repeated. I know I cannot live it over again. Help me to live it to its fullest.

  Ed Dobson

  Morning, Waking Me Up, Focus

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• Painful things do not come to us from outside, but arise from within our own mind. Circumstances or other people have no power to make us feel bad; the most they can do is trigger the potentials for painful feelings that already exist within our own mind.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Painful Feelings, People, Mind

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• God doesn't participate in the things we can do ourselves

  Mike Erre

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• When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.

  Willie Nelson

  Song, Fall, Sky

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• I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.

  Randy Pausch

  People, Research, Labs

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• I think the best thing a person can do is to read through the Gospels in the Bible and really look at Jesus, because if a person does this, they will realize that the Jesus they learned about in Sunday school or the Jesus they hear jokes about or the skinny, Gandhi Jesus that exists in their imaginations isn't anything like the real Jesus at all.

  Donald Miller

  Jesus, Real, School

  Donald Miller (2004). “Searching for God Knows What”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When human men hold an object that makes a powerful noise, or has moving parts, or spins around fast, or has a button they can push (which either screws or nails something) they become Gods in their own heads.They can do anything: they can eat through walls and bring buildings together to form mighty empires.They can build floating cities and flying tin cans.But they still can't make their own beds.

  Craig Stone

  Wall, Powerful, Moving

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• In Southern California along the coast, if the only thing you can do with the land is agriculture, it would be substantially less (in value) than property that has almost any other allowable use.

  Bill Vaughan

  Land, California, Agriculture

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• What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine.

  Diane Ackerman

  Morning, Dawn, Bones

  "The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death". Book edited by David Shields & Bradford Morrow, 2011.

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• I think that the sense of inefficacy and inevitability comes not from thinking the rich are going to have all the educational advantages. No, I think it comes from the sense that politically, the wealthy have overwhelming power in this society and there's nothing, say a lot of people, that we can do about it. That is simply wrong

  Paul Solman

  Educational, Thinking, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by getting your résumé out there, and also through contacts. That's where nepotism really helps.

  Mitchell Hurwitz

  Jobs, Calling, Way

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.

  Will Arnett

  Thinking, People, Needs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever it is. You don't have to be a film director - you can do gardening or something - but I think everyone needs to create something.

  Ricky Gervais

  Thinking, Creative, Soul

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. January 10, 2007.

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• People always ask me about career choices, though it rarely ever seems like any kind of choice. It's just like, I really want to do something, this is what I can do, and that's it. I'm lucky to be doing this at all.

  Emile Hirsch

  Careers, People, Choices

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• I remember talking to someone who is vegan. At the time, I would hear a lot of outrageous claims from vegans about the good that being a vegan can do for you, for your health and whatnot. I remember someone once told me vegans don't sweat, so I started my mind going.

  Bryan Lee O'Malley

  Talking, Sweat, Mind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out. There's so much more competition. You can do an event every week and not cook at all.

  David Chang

  Competition, Events, Week

  "In Conversation: André Soltner and David Chang". Interview with Robin Raisfeld, Rob Patronite, nymag.com. September 28, 2008.

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• To a physicist life looks nothing short of a miracle. It's just amazing what living things can do.

  Paul Davies

  Miracle, Looks, Physicist

  "Big Think Interview With Paul Davies". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 15, 2010.

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• If global warming is because of weather changes - which a lot of people believe - there's not much we can do to change the weather pattern.

  Ron Paul

  Believe, Weather, People

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• There's not much you can do about the bias of the media other than try to counteract it by putting the truth out best you can, and the Internet has been a great weapon for holding the media accountable.

  Ron Paul

  Media, Trying, Weapons

  "The Candidates: Rep. Ron Paul". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. October 12, 2007.

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• As an actor, it's always important to understand what the director is after. That, to me, is my job. When I'm acting, I like to ask a lot of questions and understand exactly why the director is doing what they're doing, so that I can provide him or her with the ingredients that they need to get the scene that they want. It's not to challenge them, in any way. It's just so that I can do my job best.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Jobs, Challenges, Acting

  "Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dania Ramirez Talk PREMIUM RUSH, DON JON’S ADDICTION, Hit Record and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 21, 2012.

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• Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for Victoria's Secret and people don't really blink; the Beatles' songs are in all sorts of commercials these days and it doesn't seem to offend anybody. The times are changing.

  Judd Apatow

  Song, Times Are Changing, People

  Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. December 11, 2012.

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• The best thing a society can do is ensure its children are taken care of.

  Brigid Schulte

  Children, Taken, Care

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.

  Bengie Molina

  Baseball, Player, Guy

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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