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"One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a real braid of reasons."
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"Don't give up! Remember, we love to be enchanted by flowers in bloom. but don't forget that it took many rainy days to achieve such beauty. Your bloom is coming!"
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"Make every moment of life a moment of joy."
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"They told me it was impossible so I tried and failed. Then I tried again and again until I made it possible."
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"May you find renewed energy, courage and hope to pursue new adventures."
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"Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we've been blessed with."
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"Every morning do not go to work, but go to actualize your desire filled dreams."
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"New hope, new dreams."
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"TAKE ACTION! Wanting is not enough; Act upon your goals! If somebody was watching your day-to-day behavior, would they be able to see what you're working towards; what your goals are? If the answer is no, FIX IT!"
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"Never give up. You must persist!"
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"Nurturing self-confidence is a daily endeavour."
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"I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting."
Home
"Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life."
Life
"What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older."
Now
"For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant."
Work
"The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War."
War
"And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey."
Desire
"Nobody does anything for one reason."
Reason
"Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing."
Life
"And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care."
Love
"A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties."
Education
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