Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are] in danger of over-studying, under the delusion . . . that learning must be had at all costs, forgetting that health and real wisdom are better.

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My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. - Michael Stipe

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I'll no longer say that I have supernatural powers. I am an entertainer. I want to do a good show. My entire character has changed.

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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

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We have a job to do. After the fight, I'll love him. — Manny Pacquiao

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The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless dexterity with which the violinist makes music on his. Just because he doesn't look like a violin is no reason to assume his techniques should be thought of as less difficult.

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If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

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Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

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We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

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