I've Learned Quotes - Page 40

• The British press have written some nasty and spiteful things about the way I look which used to affect me quite badly when it was new to me but luckily, I've learned to ignore the comments. why do they even care about how I look?

  Melanie Chisholm

  Looks, Care, Way

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• I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Not when you realise the whole world is listening. That's why perhaps I look so uncomfortable in interviews at times.

  Kristen Stewart

  Listening, Desire, Looks

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• If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

  Rod Stewart

  Boys, Listening, Trying

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• The most important lesson I've learned is that the most productive exercises are simple and compound.

  Markus Ruhl

  Exercise, Bodybuilding, Simple

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• I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.

  Cory Lidle

  Years, Preparation, Rotation

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• I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

  Alexis Bledel

  Jobs, Shy, I've Learned

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• I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

  Emmy Rossum

  Meaningful, Jobs, Taken

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• The most important lesson I've learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as well. Not everyone wins all the time, as a matter of fact, no one wins all the time. Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But, you learn more from one loss than you do from a million wins. You learn a lot about sportsmanship.

  Amy Van Dyken

  Sports, Failure, Learning

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• I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

  Randy Travis

  Patience, Loving What You Do, I've Learned

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• If I've learned anything over the past 5 years, it's that you do not know where you're going to be tomorrow. You have to make decisions based on that; it's almost pointless. So, you know, whether I learned, I think I'm pretty aware, pretty conscious of that point to live in the moment. It's a hard lesson, but it's like, I'm trying to learn to quiet my mind down, know what I mean?

  Andrew McMahon

  Mean, Past, Thinking

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• I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspiring, Brother, Moving

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.48, Macmillan

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• No one has the right to criticize you for how your body looks, but they will. One thing I've learned from experiencing this exact kind of criticism is that no one else can label your body except for you. No one gets to have a place in your mind if they weren't invited there by you. So please do me this one favor: Don't let their ugly words into your beautiful mind.

  Taylor Swift

  Beautiful, Mind, Criticism

  "Taylor Swift's Heartwarming Message To Bullied Fan Will Literally Bring You To Tears" by Ariel Nagi, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2015.

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• But it there's anything I've learned in the past few months, it's that the only thing that's certain in life is that nothing in life is certain.

  Carolyn Mackler

  Past, Months, Life Is

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• What I've learned is that life is too short and movies are too long.

  Denis Leary

  Inspirational, Life Is Too Short, Long

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• Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out. When someone seems mysterious, we like to romanticize that he's "deep" or "complicated." But a lot of the time, things are exactly as they seem....

  Taylor Swift

  Relationship, Heart, People

  "Taylor Swift's Dating Tips: Glamour's March Cover Star on the One Thing She Won't Do in Relationships". Interview with Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. February 4, 2014.

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• I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Ideas, People, Trying

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• I’ve learned to live with rage. In some ways, it’s my rage that keeps me going. Without it, I would have been whipped long ago. With it, I got a lot more songs to sing.

  Etta James

  Song, Long Ago, Way

  Etta James, David Ritz (2003). “Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story”, p.264, Da Capo Press

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• I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

  Soledad O'Brien

  Believe, Self Worth, Journey

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• As a singer, I've had many opportunities to travel, and one thing I've learned is that through my music, I can be accepted by people all over the world. I often wonder why so many of us can't accept people who are different here, in our country? It's just not fair to be prejudiced against those whose race, religion or colour aren't the same as ours.

  Celine Dion

  Country, Opportunity, Race

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• The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Life, Lessons, I've Learned

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• I've learned that loving your self requires a courage unlike any other. It requires us to believe in and stay loyal to something no one else can see that keeps us in the world - our own self worth.

  Mark Nepo

  Believe, Self Worth, Loving You

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.29, Conari Press

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• Perhaps the hardest thing I've learned, and still struggle with, is that I don't have to be finished in order to be whole.

  Mark Nepo

  Struggle, Order, I've Learned

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.96, Conari Press

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• What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

  Bob Goff

  Jesus, Prayer, Delight

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.181, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

  Maya Angelou

  Second Chance, Giving, Sometimes

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• I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

  Uma Thurman

  Mom, I've Learned, Superwoman

  "Uma Thurman Refuses to Dish Dirt on Ex-Hubby Ethan Hawke". www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2006.

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