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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Content How Impressive Matter
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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Approve Brave Business Conduct
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The painter who draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies every thing placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence.

Any Being Conscious Copies
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And it turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, that can change our world, that can change politics, that can align large numbers of people. Not because you force them to do something against their will. But because they wanted to connect.

Against Align Because Change
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The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

About Connections Future Having
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I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

Book Bunch Economics Favor
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Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

Attributes Colour Concerned Darkness
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Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

Anyone Appealing Argument Authority
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I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.

About Care Consequences Friends
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The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits.

Actions Certain Condemns Definite
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Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

Destroy Does Faith Force
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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves.

Conscience Must Stifle Themselves
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One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

Between Broken Conditions First
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The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.

According Changes Come Conscience
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Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.

Aims Attainment Himself Historic
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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

Consists Death Forcing Others
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

Any Economy Get Pay
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Brilliantly Continually Disguised Faced
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

Ability Concentrate Everything Time
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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

Action Attains Chief Condition
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

Contributor Efforts Greatest International
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I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.

Consider Defense Matters Moderate
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If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

Convey Depressed Down Fall
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There's an entire universe in every single tweet, and it all really depends on the content as far as how it's going to spread.
As Far As Content Depends Entire
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Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

Burden Concern Prayer Small
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I learned that a long walk and calm conversation are an incredible combination if you want to build a bridge.

Bridge Build Calm Combination
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There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.

Charge Companies Kinds Less
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I want to consistently play well and win titles. I'm only at the beginning.

Beginning Consistently Play Titles
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At Real, psychological pressure on the players is much more serious than at United. This is good. At many clubs, you don't know the consequence of playing badly.

Badly Clubs Consequence Good
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The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.

Ahead Brave Creative Like
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Approve Brave Business Conduct
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

Awareness Consciousness Dimensions Growth
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Anger Consequences Rises Think
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Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Belongs Content Lacking Nothing
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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Confidence Contentment Friend Greatest
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Better Contract Friendship Man
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Circumstances Earnestness Generosity Gravity
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If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

Another Arise Cleverness Confusion
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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Consideration Direction Magnitude Taken
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Change Constant Happiness Must
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Ability Concerned Knowing Men
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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Concerned Fit Instead Known
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'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Approve Business Conduct Conscience
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Believe Believing Consist Consists
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Money is just a consequence. I always say to my team, 'Don't worry too much about profitability. If you do your job well, the profitability will come.'

Always Come Consequence Job
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In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.

Business Control Impatient Important
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People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a corner by a whole series of contingencies.

True Being Constrained Corner
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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Acres Battle Cause Consequences
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Football is unconditional love.
Football Love Unconditional Unconditional Love
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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

Compare Compete Content Everybody
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