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"Value the effort you put forward. Be determined, committed, and involved."
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"Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better."

"Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them."

"The whole world's effort of working hard goes to waste. Just as the bull [that turns the wheels on the oil mill] gets a piece of oil-cake (as a reward), the wife gives the husband a piece of handvo (savory lentil and rice cake), and so the work continues. All day long, one is producing like the bull in the oil mill."

"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"

"Working hard is not a waste of time, but a state of mind. Keep pushing your limits until you reach the edge. Then be kind and rewind."

"Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man."

"You cannot cross large rivers without building bridges."
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"Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out, unless of course it had a very short life cycle."

"There's a time when it all comes together-what you long for and what you fear-and as tentative as you may feel, you're driven to continue. At that point, the need to forge ahead is the only option, and your direction is defined despite yourself."

"Upon achieving a lifelong dream, I thought, this is the way to live your life -- in the moment, and to the fullest."

"I never saw it coming; I never thought you'd leave, but baby what you gave me was the courage to find me."

"Don't compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now."
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