Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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-- Abraham Lincoln And life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.
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-- Martin Luther King, Jr. A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The
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We haven't the money, so we've got to think.
-- Lord Rutherford Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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-- Homer, Odyssey, ninth century "I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's w Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
-- Mao Tse-tung Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.
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-- Roger Babson If ever two were one, then surely we.
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-- E. I. Smith, Captain of the Titanic Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
-- Jean de La Fontaine When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
-- Nigerian Proverb As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be
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-- Abraham Lincoln Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark
in one another.
-- Kenny Ausubel "I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. After all, we've been voting for boobs
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-- Arizona senatorial candidate Claire Sargent, on women candidates The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
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