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Marriage Is The Hardest Thing You Will Ever Do. The Secret Is Removing Divorce As An Option. Anybody Who Gives Themselves That Option Will Get A Divorce.

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Marriage Is The Hardest Thing You Will Ever Do. The Secret Is Removing Divorce As An Option. Anybody Who Gives Themselves That Option Will Get A Divorce.

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Road To Success

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I Truly Believe That I Can Be President Of The Us If I Really Want To.

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Don't Let Failure Go To Your Heart, And Don't Let Success Go To Your Head.

The Separation Of Talent And Skill Is One Of The Largest Misconceptions In Modern Society. Talent Is Something You Born With, But Skill Can Only Be Attained Through Hours And Hours Of Hard Work Perfecting Your Talent As A Craft. Which Is Why Talent Will Fail You Without Skill.

The Value Of A Story Isn't That It Just Has A Narcotic Effect. It's That It Awakens Something In You That Makes You Want To Think, That Makes You Talk To Other People, That Stirs Something That Makes You Examine The Story That Eventually Turns Into Self-examination.

Well, All I Know Is What I Read In The Papers.

I Have Fun. I Enjoy My Life. And I Was Hardwired For A Deep Connection Between Service, God, And Happiness. You Kind Of Need All Of Those Things To Be In Play For One To Have The Others.

You Might Have More Talent Than Me, You Might Be Smarter Than Me, You Might Be Sexier Than Me, You Might Be All Of Those Things You Got It On Me In Nine Categories. But If We Get On The Treadmill Together, There Are Two Things: You're Getting Off First, Or I'm Going To Die. It's Really That Simple, Right?

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