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"Nothing should lead you aside from your planned route."
"Solitude is a way of overcoming distraction so that you can convert your time into something of worth."
"Turn down things that are in consistence with your priorities."
"On your way to accomplish greatness, you will hear a lot of noise. Listen to your inner voice and never let the distraction of the crowd discolour your poise."
"Don't exert all your energy on employment, locate your purpose."
"When you are able to overcome distractions, then you will be able to do something more specific, something more precise and definite with the time that you have."
"There are so many things and people craving your attention such that you could so easily forget that you have a purpose to fulfill within a specified time on the earth."
"The secret of concentration is to shut down the other windows."
"Avoid having to pump your brakes by keeping your flow on cruise control."
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"I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere."
"I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them."
"I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time."
"Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space."
"I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen."
"With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it."
"I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways."
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