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One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless. ↗

— James Dobson

#care #christian #christian life #friend #friendless

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. ↗

— Charles Van Doren

#aristotle #happiness #important #last #most

If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes. ↗

— Brad Dourif

#artists #camera #director #film #goes

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#become #ever #happy #hard #i

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#am #analysis #atmosphere #crave #dull

Give me a highly successful unionized industry. ↗

— Jack Welch

#give me #highly #industry #me #successful

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything. ↗

— Carla Bley

#best #everything #go #jazz #just

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#comes #first #god #him #i

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

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