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"7. 3. 12. 31. 208: Reckless disrespect of the lightless hours will not be tolerated."
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"You must stop been so carnal and learn to say no to people, if it concerns the things of God."

"Turn the actions in achieving your goals into systematically repeated things and make them your routine."

"Working hard denies oneself from instant gratification."

"Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required."

"Discipline is when we postpone the pleasure of today for the benefit of tomorrow."

"Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being."

"I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold."

"Working to perfect our gift and overcoming the pain of self-discipline, we achieve our goals and move on to our dreams."

"If you are faithful in little things, then you will be given a bigger commitment."

"You must work for grace and favor to work for you."
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"Prices of semicolons, plot devices, prologues and inciting incidents continued to fall yesterday, lopping twenty points off the TomJones Index."

"I was in '78 recently," he announced. "I brought you this."He handed me a single by the Beatles. I didn't recognize the title."Didn't they split in '70?""Not always. How are things?"

"How about this,' I said. 'We modify our plans with regard to ongoing facts as they become known to us, then remodify them as the situation unfolds. 'You mean make it all up as we go along?' asked Perkins.'Right."

"Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out."

"I liked him, but since his particular field of interest was Remote Suggestion--the skill of projecting thoughts into people's heads from a distance--I didn't know whether I actually liked him or he was just suggesting I like him, which was both creepy and unethical. In fact, the whole Remote Suggestion or "seeding" idea had been banned once it was discovered to be the key ingredient in promoting talent less boy bands, which had until then been something of a mystery."

"Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms-of life, of love, of knowledge-has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath."

"Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands."
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