Pursue Quotes - Page 30

• I kept doing my own thing, working out with weights, wrestling, and doing other spots until I graduated from high school. Then I made a conscious decision to pursue MMA seriously and full time.

  Robbie Lawler

  Wrestling, School, Mma

  Source: www.octagonbuzz.com

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• I'm a husband and a dad. Two thirds of my day is spent being that character. It's a huge part of my identity and why I pursue things I do.

  Ben Sollee

  Husband, Dad, Character

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• I love to travel. I think it's the best education to experience how other people live. It reminds us of the abundance and variety we have in the world, but at our essence, we are all the same, we all want the same things: to live well, pursue our dreams, and be happy.

  Kandyse McClure

  Dream, Thinking, Essence

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• If a young girl feels comfortable to pursue her passion, we as a collective will be stronger and more equipped to face the challenges life presents.

  Joanna Lohman

  Girl, Passion, Challenges

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• It was only in university I was told that I was dyslexic. It kind of gave me the confidence to be able to pursue academia in the way that I always thought I could. I guess that was a bit of battle and just my own kind of negative thoughts about what I can achieve.

  Erin Richards

  Battle, Able, Way

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• Having a safe space to imagine and dream and (re)invent yourself is the first step to being happy and successful, whatever road you choose to pursue.

  Ashley Bryan

  Dream, Successful, Space

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• You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut the space in your life to pursue what most people literally cannot afford a moment to pursue. So, yeah. I think that not only is that the role of the artist, but it might be a requirement.

  El-P

  Cutting, Artist, Thinking

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• My passion for maternal and child health led me to continue my studies and pursue the path of midwifery. And here I am now... still catching babies.

  Robin Lim

  Baby, Children, Passion

  "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It is my firm belief that it will be in the interests of the United States, especially our economic interests, to pursue comprehensive immigration reform.

  Barack Obama

  Immigration, United States, Reform

  Source: time.com

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• In my teaching and consulting practice, I encourage people to learn to experiment with confidence and to see themselves as scientists in the laboratory of their lives, continually trying new ways to pursue what matters most to them and to the people who depend on them. Smart, small wins are crucial to this approach, as is devoting time and attention to reflecting on what works and what doesn't.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Smart, Teaching, Winning

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• There are many structural changes, both in organizational practice and social policy, that must also change to enable men and women to have the freedom and support to pursue the lives they want to lead. Fortunately, many more people are today engaged in these efforts than when started working on this issue decades ago.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Men, Issues, Practice

  "Stewart D. Friedman on 'Leading the Life You Want'". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. August 22, 2016.

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• I find it safer to pursue the powerful, the ugly, the unpleasant.

  Kathy Bates

  Powerful, Ugly

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You couldn't have a more clear choice between Donald Trump and I, who will end illegal immigration in this country, and - and Hillary Clinton, who will pursue more of the same, executive amnesty, open borders, which the American people are sick and tired of.

  Mike Pence

  Country, Tired, People

  "Trump team dodges and ducks". "The Lead with Jake Tapper", www.washingtonpost.com. August 29, 2016.

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• Don Knotts left [Andy Griffith Show] to pursue a movie career, so once he was gone I left too.

  Betty Lynn

  Careers, Gone, Andy Griffith Show

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• The Christian church [in its true identity] does not persecute; any more than a lily scratches the thorns, or a lamb pursues and tears the wolves, or a turtledove hunts the hawks and eagles, or a chaste and modest virgin fights and scratches like whores and harlots.

  Roger Williams

  Christian, Fighting, Eagles

  Source: www.libertymagazine.org

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• International terrorists who pursue completely mad objectives such as establishing a world caliphate or something of the sort, are quite adept at disguising their real aims as a struggle for independence in Chechnya.

  Vladimir Putin

  Real, Struggle, Mad

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• Contractors always pursue large profit, the customer - a high-quality end product in due time and at a lower cost. This struggle never ends, but this is natural.

  Vladimir Putin

  Struggle, Quality, Cost

  Source: www.rt.com

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• If Britain pursues a more independent foreign policy, it might be possible then. And if it is guided by commitments to its allies and considers this to be of a bigger national interest than its cooperation with Russia, so be it.

  Vladimir Putin

  Independent, Commitment, Russia

  Source: thesaker.is

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• Your passions will grow as you continue to grow, so remember, it's never too late to reinvent yourself or pursue the latest things that make you light up.

  Kathryn Budig

  Passion, Light, Too Late

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• Happiness is not something that you pursue; it is something that you allow. Happiness is just being.

  Chade-Meng Tan

  Happiness, Just Being

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• Not everyone supported gaming, but we had a general meeting and a vote on whether to pursue a casino or not and the tribe voted yes, and as a tribal representative to the state legislature, I had to represent that decision.

  Donna M. Loring

  Playing Games, Decision, Casinos

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• It is the main motivation of mankind to be free, to express our true selves and pursue our dreams without restriction--to experience what may be called Personal Freedom.

  Brendon Burchard

  Dream, Motivation, Self

  Brendon Burchard (2017). “High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way”, p.241, Hay House, Inc

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• Adventure does not exist. It exists only in the mind of the man who pursues it, and as soon as his fingers graze it, it vanishes to appear much further off, in another form, at the limits of the imagination.

  Pierre Mac Orlan

  Adventure, Men, Imagination

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• I think you try to extrapolate from the early civilizations and cultures of the continent, kind of looking for unique ways they set themselves apart from Western civilizations, and then pursue those avenues technologically and see where that takes you.

  Joe Robert Cole

  Thinking, Unique, Civilization

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• These novels [Zombie, My Sister, My Love] are so special to me. [I don't expect that they will have nearly the same significance to anyone else.] They represent a kind of fiction I would love to pursue more or less constantly, but dare not.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Zombie, Special, Fiction

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