We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. ― Booker T. Washington

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The difference between those who adapted and those who didn't, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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The only thing I'll never have is what I have lost for ever and ever... As long as I live, until I draw my last breath, I shall remember Asel and all those beautiful things that were ours. The day I was to leave I went to the lake and stood on the rise above it. I was saying good-bye to the Tien Shan mountains, to Issyk-Kul. Good-bye, Issyk-Kul, my unfinished song! How I wish I could take you with me, your blue waters and your yellow shores, but I can't, just as I can't take the woman I love with me. Goodbye, Asel. Good-bye, my pretty poplar in a red kerchief! Good-bye, my love, I want you to be happy.

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Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Early on in my life I comprehended that death is the most tragic event in our life. Events of early Monday July 14, 1958 [Coup in Iraq] had convinced me that hate is the most destructive force in our life. — Ala Bashir

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Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

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If you don’t believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you? ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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In life, we always rise or fall to the standards we set for ourselves - Set high standards. ― Fela Bank-Olemoh

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