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The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder. — Richard Bach
The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on… — Michelle Bachelet
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. — Bruce Barton
I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I… — Bono
With every job I've gotten, I've bought myself something. When 'Glee' was picked up, I rented a piano for the year. For smaller victories, I'll… — Dianna Agron
My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don't see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to… — Steve Carell
Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them. — Jim Carrey
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ. — Tracy Chapman
I absolutely believe that, come November 2012, I'm going to be governor of New Jersey and not in any other office. But the fact of… — Chris Christie
I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though… — Eric Clapton
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though… — Beverly Cleary
There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine. — Hillary Clinton
If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't really… — Jarvis Cocker
Paul never developed a negative attitude. He picked his bloody body up out of the dirt and went back into the city where he had… — John Hagee
In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was grasshoppers. I passed around a… — Louis Agassiz
You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The gravity of the Tang and… — Hsu Yun
When a general, unable to estimate the enemy's strength, allows an inferior force to engage a larger one, or hurls a weak detachment against a… — Sun Tzu
These are the six ways of courting defeat - neglect to estimate the enemy's strength; want of authority; defective training; unjustifiable anger; nonobservance of discipline;… — Sun Tzu
Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. — Meryl Streep
If anybody ever called our number, it would be picked up in less than 2 rings with a friendly voice answering, "CD Baby." From 7… — Derek Sivers

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