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"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"I did not know of any single soul who succeed in life without a mentorship."

"I don't like him. He makes me laugh. It'll wrinkle my face."

"When this world is full of fashion, be unique by reflecting your own style."

"Every idea travels to somewhere but some ideas travel to everywhere, the great ideas!"
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"If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible."


"I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget."


"Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."


"The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him."


"God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing."


"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."


"If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet."


"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world."
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