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The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. Lewis Grizzard

Life, Opportunity, Football, Game, You

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. - Joseph Addison

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. Joseph Addison

Education, Soul, Sculpture, Marble

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. - Michelangelo

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. Michelangelo

Imagination, Stone, Inside, Task, Statue

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI

Life, Work, Hard Work, Today, Struggle

Stress and worry, they solve nothing. What they do is block creativity. You are not even able to think about the solutions. Every problem has a solution. Susan L. Taylor

Creativity, Stress, Think, Problem, You

I think that nothing is impossible when you want to fulfill a dream. A lot of people will tell you that you can't do it, that you don't have what it takes, but if it is in your heart and you feel it, there is nothing that will stop you. It is like the sun - you can't block it: it will shine regardless, if that is what you want. Thalia

Heart, Shine, Sun, People, Feel, Think

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement. Tony Jaa

Failure, Improvement, Stone, Will, Never

I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day. Tom Hooper

Day, Best, Insecurity, Overcoming, Think

Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers. Victoria Osteen

Life, God, Blessing, Bitterness, Flow

Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm. Carlo Collodi

Winter, Time, Fire, Cold, Warm, Cozy

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law. William Hague

Freedom, Mind, People, Law, Reach, Find

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. Frank Zappa

Stupidity, Universe, Building, Say, More

There is no force in the world that can block the powerful march of our army and people, who are holding high the banner of the suns of great Comrade Kim Il Sung and great Comrade Kim Jong Il and continuing to advance under the leadership of the party and with strong faith in sure victory. Kim Jong-un

Leadership, Great, Faith, People, World

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy. Liu Xiaobo

Life, Wisdom, Freedom, Death, Progress

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn't matter if it's going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming - you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game. Jocko Willink

Walk, Mind, Swimming, Game, Name, Doing

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justice, Progress, Purpose, Law, Flow

When you grow up in a violent home, the fights, the screaming, the pain all blur together. To survive, you block as much of it out of your head as you can in the moment. You try to forget it going forward. Darryl Glenn

Home, Moment, Together, Pain, Grow, You

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. Bill Russell

Believe, You, Opponent, Your, Make, Shot

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home. Carl T. Rowan

Home, World, Discrimination, Injustice

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. Quincy Jones

Heart, Black And White, Depression

We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses. Richard Louv

Nature, Time, Staring, Bring, Off, Many

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. John Calvin

Confidence, Intelligence, Own, Spirit

Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing. Katarina Witt

Focus, Me, Goal, Skating, Things, Out

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination. Hal Borland

Beautiful, Path, Destination, Lie, Road

Organisms don't think of CO2 as a poison. Plants and organisms that make shells, coral, think of it as a building block. Janine Benyus

Plants, Building, Think, Shells, Poison

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle

Strong, Weak, Obstacle, Pathway, Granite

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