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"Life is too short as we all know it to be. So why dare to spend it trying to live up to other people's worldly expectations of you?"
"She said my glasses made me look like a butch jock's locker room bitch."
"Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a collective ways of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they should behave like that. They just accept it, the way typists accepted the fact that the QWERTY keyboard was the best possible one. Have you ever met anyone is your entire life who asked why the hands of a clock should go in one particular direction and not the other?"
"I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment."
"No one should part with their individuality and become that of another."
"Imagine that every man's mind is an island, surrounded by ocean. Each seems isolated, yet in reality all are linked by the bedrock from which they spring. If the ocean were to vanish, that would be the end of the islands. They would all be part of one continent, but the individuality would have gone."
"Whosoever would be a man must be a non-conformist."
"You'll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in."
"In real life there is no such person as the average man. There are only particular men, women and children, each with his or her inborn idiosyncrasies of mind and body, and all trying (or becoming compelled) to squeeze their biological diversities into the uniformity of some cultural mold."
"Do something with your one life, instead of following others. While just watching your one life pass you by."
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"We all have within ourselves the inclination to try to pass the blame to others when things don't work in our favour. The ultimate challenge comes from suppressing this innate desire and replacing it with accountability and ownership for all things, good or bad."
"Don't celebrate your day because you get everything you want. Celebrate your day because you love and appreciate what you already have " the little things, the big things, the things that have come and gone, but most importantly those things yet to come."
"To truly live a passionate life, develop habits and routines that engage you and enable you to express your passion each day."
"Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required."
"Significance is about making a difference, and its pursuit should ideally come before the pursuit of success " or at least at the same time."
"Learn to draw strength and inspiration from your past victories by keeping a victory journal where you capture all of your success experiences."
"Don't wait for passion to arrive before taking action, action creates emotion and emotion is the language of passion."
"Personal experience is the slowest way of learning. Combine your personal experience with other people's experiences."
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