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The 70 most famous quotes of all time.
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Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
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Pay attention to your enemies, or they are the first to discover your mistakes.
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
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Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking.
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If life were predictable, it would cease to be life and be without flavor.
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Tell me and I forget.
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Teach me and I remember.
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Involve me and I learn.
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If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot at it and hang on.
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Always remember that you are absolutely unique, just like everyone else.
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
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It's the life in your years.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
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They must be felt with the heart.
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Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
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Do not go where the path may lead.
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Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood be understood.
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You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes,
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you can steer yourself any direction you choose.
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If life were predictable, it would cease to be life and be without flavor.
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you've imagined.
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Life is never fair, and perhaps it's a good thing for most of us that it is not.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
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A tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.
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Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life.
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There are no limits, there are only plateaus, and you must not stay there.
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You must go beyond them.
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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose.
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I don't.
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You have to be merciless.
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One day your life will flash before your eyes.
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Make sure it's worth watching.
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The greatest mistake you can ever make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
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Be like the flower that gives fragrance to the hand that crushes it.
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Courage isn't having the strength to go on.
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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
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It's never too late to be what you might have been.
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Talent is luck.
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The important thing in life is courage.
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Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.
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Today I do what others won't, so that tomorrow I can accomplish what others don't.
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The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
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Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.
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are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.
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If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.
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If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.
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If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are,
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while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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The only way that we can live is if we grow.
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The only way we can grow is if we change.
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The only way we can change is if we learn.
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The only way we can learn is if we are exposed.
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And the only way we are exposed is if we throw ourselves into the open.
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One man with courage makes a majority.
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Know the rules well so you can break them effectively.
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Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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Yesterday is history.
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Tomorrow is a mystery.
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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
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Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.
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We are all the same in this notion.
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The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
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People do not decide to become extraordinary.
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They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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He who fears he will suffer already suffers because he fears.
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand.
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They listen with the intent to reply.
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If you don't like something, change it.
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If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
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In seeking happiness for others, you will find it in yourself.
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Silence is the most powerful scream.
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The most powerful creative state to bring your desires into reality is by bringing the conscious and subconscious into unison,
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then keeping your heart and mind in perfect sync.
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Many people are trying to be invincible, and most of the time they fail invisible, while few find their spotlight.
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But the remarkable person is one who can be both invincible and invisible at the same time.
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I lost all I had known and gained a life I was yet to know.
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Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it and some people don't.
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When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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You don't need luck.
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You are powerful, clever and fearless.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “The 70 Most Famous Quotes of All Time”. Deze video bevat 101 zinnen en 1151 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:44. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 107 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 87% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| invincible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/ | onoverwinnelijk |
| predictable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/ | voorspelbaar |
| expose werkwoord | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | zichtbaar maken, blootleggen |
| cease werkwoord | /sis/ | ophouden |
| flavor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfleɪvə/ | meug, smaak |
| accomplish werkwoord | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ | volbrengen |
| invisible bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/ | onzichtbaar |
| diminish werkwoord | /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ | verkleinen, verminderen |
| merciless bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmɝsɪləs/ | genadeloos |
| unbearable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | onuitstaanbaar | |
| ridiculously bijwoord | /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/ | belachelijk, bespottelijk |
| inherit werkwoord | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | erven |
| reap werkwoord | /ˈɹiːp/ | oogsten |
| fragrance zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/ | aroma |
| fearless bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfɪɹləs/ | onbevreesd |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| give up werkwoord | zich overgeven |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolg | If life were predictable, it would cease |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | be trapped · cannot be seen · must be felt |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | dogma which is · people who did · those who believe |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 16 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, can't, doesn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, diminish /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/, subconscious /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/, succession /səkˈsɛʃ.ən/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: invincible /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, ridiculously /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: plateau /plæˈtoʊ/, circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: fragrance /ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s/, greatness /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als invincible, predictable, expose.
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