“We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.”
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“A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true.”
“And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.”
“I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.”
“Mediocre men work at their best men seeking excellence strive to do better.”
“You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them.”
“I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.”
“Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.”
“Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.”
“Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.”
“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”
“I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.”
“I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.”
“I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.”
“One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.”
“I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general.”
“The U.S. Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped fighting forces in the world.”
“The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.”
“All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.”
“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.”
“I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.”
“I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.”
“I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another.”
“The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.”