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We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.


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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.


Edward Gibbon
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The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.
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The characters that aren't what they seem to be or women who are stronger than people give them credit for or characters you underestimate, I always think are really interesting because there are so many possibilities with them.
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Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at a high level and continues to get better with each book. That's really what you want to emulate.
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In our daily lives, we see ourselves often in very reductive ways. I want to explore motion, change and flux, whether we are looking in the mirror or seeing ourselves in our surroundings. The singular view of self contradicts the act of living.
Doug Aitken
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Comedy is to force us to observe ourselves in ways that are humorous and yet, at the end of the day, that cause us enough discomfort with the status quo to make a change.
Michael Eric Dyson
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.


Jack Prelutsky
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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
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So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government.
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Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.
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Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone.
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I think you try to improve every season and every game and be prepared about certain defensemen you're playing against, certain ways to find open ice.
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Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.


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I want players who are always striving to improve.


Gordon Strachan
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Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.
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All national histories are partisan and designed to give us a good conceit of ourselves.


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Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow.
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If we constantly give God the glory, then we don't have any glory to keep for ourselves.


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Climate change is transforming the world in profound ways that continue to evolve.


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