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" If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can. "

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" Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. "

" I was lucky. A lot of people have that. People that don't tell you what you want to hear, but what's best for you. I was blessed with great friends. I was always blessed that way. My dad always kept good people around me. I just got lucky. Because of the spotlight you're in, people are scared to tell you otherwise. "

" The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. "

" The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty. "

" My brother and I both used to worry about dying at 40 because our father died at 40. That probably wasn't terribly rational, since my father led a rather unhealthy lifestyle, shall we say. "

" I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team! "

" I believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn't have to be your partner - your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn't have to be the person you marry. "

" Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. "

" He serves his party best who serves his country best. "

Rutherford B. Hayes

" Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. "

" In any team sport, the best teams have consistency and chemistry. "

" I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments. "

" I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first. "

" An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. "

Benjamin Franklin

" Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. "

" The best mirror is an old friend. "

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

" If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

" I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems. "

" My imagination completely controls me, and forever feeds the fire that burns with dark red light in my heart by bringing me the best dreams. I've always had a wild imagination, a big heart and a tortured soul so I feel that dark fantasy, love and horror are in my blood. "

" We're trained in school to equate mistakes with bad grades - something to be avoided at all costs. The alpha makers were somehow able to dodge that. They think that mistakes are just part of the creative process and maybe even the best way to learn. "

Mark Frauenfelder

" I always encourage people to get out there, travel the world, see new things, experience new people, experience new food, experience new culture. What happens is that helps you to grow and be your best self. "

" The best partnerships aren't dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion. "

" The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within. "

Travis Bradberry

" The biggest thing for me is the passion that I've always had for hockey. I remember growing up, no matter what I did in life, my parents always told me to try to do my best at it and be my best. I can say going through different things that that passion is the most important part. It's not skills or talent or any of that stuff. "

" Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. "

" Yes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of. "

Sarah Orne Jewett

" A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft. "

" Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas. "

" If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can't do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings. "