I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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Don't be afraid to hit the ball. ~Billie Jean King
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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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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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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