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"One of the things I like best about 'Biggest Loser' is being around people who are trying to make the right choices. When you feel defeated about your weight and your health, like there's no hope, and you still make the choice to fight for it, to make the change happen no matter what people say or think, that's inspiring to me."

"Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful."

"But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns."

"I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists."

"Memories are the best things in life, I think."

"The only thing I have learnt over the years is that if you enjoy your work and put in the best efforts, it will show. If you follow this process, things work out. But if you go chasing a formula, success will elude you."

"The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure."

"Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine."

"Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness."

"Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise."

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

"In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy it is not so good."

"Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art."

"I hope people half my age and twice my age will listen to my music - I want it to live forever and for my audience to feel like they have a friend in my music. Music is a spirit. It heals. It's an amazing thing to be loved and appreciated, and sometimes, music has not just been my best friend, it's been my only friend."

"You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say, 'She's my best friend.' That's not a given, it's a process."

"The best of knowledge and righteous acts are those hidden to the people."

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."

"Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst."

"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."