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"It is much more important to be oneself than anything else."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"Your EGO feeds on the volume of the mental clutter, the greater the intensity the more crystallized is your EGO. Man dominates and exherts his mental superiority over others. Be Aware! Stop Mental Clutter, Kill EGO, Be YOU!"

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"The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"But if you happen to be a man, sometime in the future, and you've made it this far, please remember: you will never be subjected to the temptation of feeling you must forgive, a man, as a woman."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"It's always good to know that you have been the best even though deep inside you know you will never be better than that."

Ana Claudia Antunes, Brazilian Singer

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"I'm not much but I'm all I have."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

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"Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man but not free to be another."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

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"Sometimes I act like I have my shit together more than I do. Sometimes I act like I don't have my shit together as much as I do. I'm done acting. I'd rather just be okay with however together my shit is at the time, and still do my best to show up, as I am."

Scott Stabile, American Author

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"If you just can't get rid of envy, then start creating a life, so that if you saw yourself from afar, you'd be envious of you."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

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"I have tried everything except being myself!"

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"Your window square a yellow kite, and the Moon a white balloon."

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"The real absurdity is that to love is to suffer, but the reverse isn't always true..."

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"People quote proverbs without realizing they're really in awe of the authority of their truth and the power of their expression..."

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"I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?..."

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