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The first thing that jumps out in my mind is David versus Goliath. That's one of the first stories we ever learn as kids. That's one of the most inspirational stories about courage. David stood in the face of terrible odds and defeated the giant. I love reading that story to my boys. Being courageous is doing something isn't easy or fun but you do it because it's the right thing to do.

Matt Cullen

Fun, Reading, Kids

"A conversation with Minnesota Wild center Matt Cullen". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. May 6, 2013.

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For me, my past characters been hard, the way they died, being murdered, the sadness that goes around, the death. It's a very hard thing to do.

Michael K. Williams

Character, Sadness, Past

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The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money.

James A. Michener

Decent

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The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.

W. Somerset Maugham

Misery, Mood, Best Things

W. Somerset Maugham (2011). “A Writer's Notebook”, p.229, Random House

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I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, 'Which are my big scenes?' and then get every drop of juice out of them. The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through?

P. G. Wodehouse

Strong, Character, Writing

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The best thing to do is go as far out as you can get... what you regard as 'too far' - and when others follow, as they will, move on

Frank Lloyd Wright

Moving, Best Things, Regard

Frank Lloyd Wright (2008). “The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture”

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Making the logo twice the size is often a good thing to do, because most advertisements are deficient in brand identification. Showing the clients' faces is also a better stratagem than it may sound, because the public is more interested in personalities than in corporations. Some clients can be projected as human symbols of their own products.

David Ogilvy

Personality, Sound, May

David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House

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I can't think of anything outside of having the gift yourself and creating yourself. I can't think of the next better thing to do than being able to put it back. Creative expression, I think, is vital to the success of any society.... A society without art will die.

Robert Redford

Art, Thinking, Expression

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I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things to do in sports-to hit a moving baseball.

Carlos Delgado

Sports, Baseball, Moving

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To my parents and all the people who reassured me that leaving high school and going into the draft was the right thing to do, I am forever thankful.

Jeremy Bonderman

School, People, Parent

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I hang in there all the time. I'm not afraid to be taken out. I think that's the biggest thing to do-just stay in there on the double play.

Dustin Pedroia

Taken, Thinking, Play

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If you really want to give me advice, do it on a Saturday afternoon between one and four o'clock, when you've got 25 seconds to do it, between plays. Don't give me advice on Monday. I know the right thing to do on Monday.

Alex Agase

Monday, Play, Giving

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How do you know if the next act you are about to do is the right one or the wrong one? Consider the face of the poorest and most vulnerable human being that you have ever chanced upon, and ask yourself if the act that you contemplate will be of benefit to that person; and if it will be, it's the right thing to do, and if not, rethink it.

Mahatma Gandhi

Benefits, Next, Faces

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Live by looking for things to do for other people.

Shinichi Suzuki

People, Live By

Dr. Shinichi Suzuki, Mary Louise Nagata (2014). “Ability Development from Age Zero”, p.50, Alfred Music

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I don't see the point of doing an interview unless you're going to share the things you learn in life and the mistakes you make. So to admit that I'm extremely human and have done some dark things I don't think makes me unusual or unusually dark. I think it actually is the right thing to do, and I'd like to think it's the nice thing to do.

Angelina Jolie

Mistake, Nice, Dark

"Jolie Spoke About Self-harm To Help Others" by wenn.com, June 13, 2008.

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I have one girlfriend who is dating right now - she's divorced - and she's on Tinder, so we play Tinder. I know that's not a real game, but it's my favorite thing to do.

Aisha Tyler

Girlfriend, Real, Games

"Aisha Tyler Is a Woman Men Can't Help But Love". Interview with Paul Schrodt, www.esquire.com. May 28, 2014.

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I always wanted to be as busy as possible so that if one job went away I'd still have plenty of other things to do.

Aisha Tyler

Jobs, Busy, Wanted

"Aisha Tyler Is a Woman Men Can't Help But Love". Interview with Paul Schrodt, www.esquire.com. May 28, 2014.

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Well my motto was "Never Monologue a Clegane", because Beric Dondarrion and Thoros were messing around with The Hound and Beric essentially got killed, even though he got to come back, and then the monologue is just a foolish thing to do. But it's also psychological state of mind, he can't get over his sister.

Alex Graves

Mind, Psychological, Foolish

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There's a whole gamut of things to do with film music that don't apply when you're making a record or if you're writing a concert piece or something.

Henry Jackman

Writing, Film Music, Pieces

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My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.

T Bone Burnett

Eight, Practice, People

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I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

Glennon Melton

Thinking, Self, Quitting

Glennon Doyle Melton (2013). “Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed”, p.233, Simon and Schuster

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For those who can, one of the things to do is not to move. To stay put. That doesn't mean don't travel; it means have a place and get involved in what can be done in that place. That's the only way we're going to have a representative democracy in America. Nobody stays anywhere long enough to take responsibility for a local community.

Gary Snyder

Moving, Mean, Responsibility

"High peak haikus". Interview with James Campbell, www.theguardian.com. July 15, 2005.

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I'm a highly, highly, highly creative human being. I write music all the time. I write scripts constantly. I run my own production company. I'm also a very determined businesswoman. I've a town to deal with. I've got a lot of things to do and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time to care.

Kim Basinger

Running, Writing, Creative

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It is difficult to love mankind unless one has a reasonable private income, and when one has a reasonable private income one has better things to do than loving mankind.

Hugh Kingsmill

Income, Difficult, Mankind

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The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As occupations go, only mind readers in Los Angeles have fewer things to do all day.

Argus Hamilton

Virginia, Mind, Pork

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