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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

I have always liked running, so it wasn't particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.

If you let a bully come in your front yard, he'll be on your porch the next day and the day after that he'll rape your wife in your own bed.

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.

You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.

If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

In show business, if you make a mistake, you can do it over again.

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.