A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
#quotes #henry-david-thoreau #motivation

We are focused on doing the things that make the economy perform well, and as you do that, reduce deficits, for one, very important; secondly, keep growth rates high, very important. ~John W. Snow
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
#quotes #paul-walker #entertainment #acting #work

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books

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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
#quotes #sue-grafton #children #schooling

The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
#quotes #adyashanti #happiness

There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
#quotes #steven-spielberg #movies #et #schindler-s-list #saving-private-ryan

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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