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Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend. ↗

— Tony Dorsett

#bend #cruel #decide #either #everything

I wake up at about 9 a.m., and have a few hours of school or time to relax. Then, I have practice at 2:30 p.m. with my team. ↗

— Gabby Douglas

#few #hours #i #practice #relax

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#fame #luck #more #much #perhaps

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding. ↗

— Rita Dove

#am #arts #comes #federal #federal funding

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. ↗

— Rita Dove

#complaining #complaints #instead #life #something

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#absolutely #anybody #anything #bad #be true

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#common #common sense #doing #enhance #first

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#days #free #free press #government #i

I love Philadelphia. I was shocked at what a great city this is. For me, it is the cat's pajamas. I love everything about it. I love where I live. I love the people. I have been met with such kindness and affection here. ↗

— George Dzundza

#affection #been #cat #city #everything

There is a natural partnership between State and Commerce, and the American business community to work together to educate the United States about marketing overseas. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#american #between #business #business community #commerce