"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

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"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

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"Look down the road I'm traveling and you will see my goal, it's there on the path. Probably closer than it appears. Life tends to roll that way."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. Goals are motivations with wind in their sails-they carry me forward despite the storms."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"A goal that is not written is not a goal. It only becomes real when you write it down."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has been proven to you."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"You may give up your big dream and that is very hard! If necessary, give it up but then create a new one! Never live without big dreams because they will keep you alive in life!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal."

Nathan F. Twining, American Soldier

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"I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'"

Joe Manchin III, American Politician

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"Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together."

George E. Pataki, American Politician

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"Look down the road I'm traveling and you will see my goal, it's there on the path. Probably closer than it appears. Life tends to roll that way."

"To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it."

"Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. Goals are motivations with wind in their sails-they carry me forward despite the storms."

"A goal that is not written is not a goal. It only becomes real when you write it down."

"You are the grim, goal-oriented ones who will not believe that the joy is in the journey rather than the destination no matter how many times it has been proven to you."

"Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you."

"You may give up your big dream and that is very hard! If necessary, give it up but then create a new one! Never live without big dreams because they will keep you alive in life!"

"If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal."

"I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'"

"Let's make New York the safest state in America - that must be our goal. Let's achieve it together."

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"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process."