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• I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

  George Carlin

  Believe, Want, Performers

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• People who take books on sex to bed become frigid. You get self-conscious. You can't think a story. You can't think, "I shall do a story to improve mankind." Well, it's nonsense. All the great stories, all the really worthwhile plays, are emotional experiences. If you have to ask yourself whether or not you love a girl or you love a boy, forget it. You don't. A story is the same way. You either feel a story and need to write it, or you better not write it.

  Ray Bradbury

  Girl, Sex, Book

  "Ray Bradbury's Lost Interview On Madmen, Writing, and Cars" by Chris Higgins, mentalfloss.com. April 28, 2015.

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• Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

  Debbie Reynolds

  People, Dancing, Together

  Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com

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• I choose a project based on whether it feels worthwhile working on when it comes to me. But secondly I choose it if it sounds like fun. Projects are determined by just how they strike me at the moment, as they have done throughout my whole life.

  Steve Martin

  Fun, Sound, Done

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• I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people to think they've wasted their time or didn't get their money's worth.

  Joel Plaskett

  Couple, Thinking, People

  Source: thewiremegazine.blogspot.com

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• I stay in contact with kids, and that is a lot of fun for me, not only to get their letters but to meet them in schools and see that the books really have engaged their hearts and imaginations. That's what makes it so worthwhile.

  Will Hobbs

  Fun, Book, Heart

  Source: scholar.lib.vt.edu

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• Being a warrior doesn't mean necessarily you need to win and succeed. It's just a spiritual condition of living a worthwhile life.

  Eugene Hutz

  Spiritual, Mean, Warrior

  Source: cltampa.com

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• Learning to earn a living is only half the job. The other half is to make life worthwhile and meaningful.

  Sai Baba

  Meaningful, Jobs, Educational

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• Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Art, Demand, Chess

  Vladimir Nabokov (2015). “Letters to V??ra”, p.531, Knopf

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• I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.

  Chris Burke

  Giving Up, Wall, Eye

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• I don't ever like to feel myself in the position to demand of an actor that they trust I'm going to do something worthwhile. I feel a responsibility to articulate what it is I'm going to do. Whether that's showing them a full script or sitting down with them and describing my ideas in detail. It's a very healthy burden on me as a film director to be able to articulate what I want to do, to inspire actors, rather than just saying, take it on trust I'll be able to do something worthwhile.

  Christopher Nolan

  Responsibility, Ideas, Inspire

  Source: deadline.com

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• You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself

  Oprah Winfrey

  Accomplish, Ifs, Life Teaches

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.120, Macmillan

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• I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

  Charles Lindbergh

  Years, Flying, Ordinary

  Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

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• The things that haven't been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today; Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that's new?

  Edgar Guest

  Winning, Goal, Soul

  Edgar Albert Guest, “Things That Haven't Been Done Before”

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• It is never the duty of a leader to struggle for someone else;  a leader must encourage others to struggle and assure them that the struggles are worthwhile.  Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

  Andy Andrews

  Motivational, Leadership, Struggle

  Andy Andrews (2009). “Traveler's Gift; Mastering the Seven Decisions”, p.40, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Shopping seemed to take an entirely too important place in women's lives. You never saw men milling around in men's departments. They made quick work of it. I used to wonder if shopping was a form of escape for women who had no worthwhile interests.

  Mary Barnett Gilson

  Men, Shopping, Important

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• I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

  Matt Dillon

  Drama, Character, Play

  "Matt Dillon Has a Few Drinks in Factotum". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. August 15, 2006.

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• The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

  Richard Ford

  Failing, Knows, Asks

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• I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.

  Annabelle Selldorf

  Beautiful, Moving, Space

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• I believe we are here to do good. It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile, to make the world a better place than the one we found.

  Albert Einstein

  Believe, Responsibility, World

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• The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

  Nhat Hanh

  Fear, Anger, Mean

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.58, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• This card is sent to cheer you As you're confined to bed I'm sure it'll feel all worthwhile In the happier days ahead.

  John Walter Bratton

  Cheer, Get Well, Bed

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• It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.

  Peter Lynch

  Investing, Winner, Lifetime

  Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• If at first you don't succeed, sure, try again... but if you keep not succeeding, you should probably concentrate on something (or someone) else worthwhile & quit wasting your time.

  Ingrid Weir

  Trying, Firsts, Succeed

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• If you don't learn anything but self discipline, then athletics is worthwhile.

  Bear Bryant

  Self, Discipline, Athletics

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