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Inspirational Quotes
"If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion."
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"Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm."
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"We live only for the hope of love."
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"Do as gas balloons do, while in depression; inhale helium of happiness and fly high."
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"We celebrate beauty in life and all its possibility so we open it up for others and at the same time for ourselves."
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"Only a mind that is deeply stirred can utter something noble and beyond the power of others."
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"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
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"Right now I may not have it all, but I know my future is bright because as long as I live there is hope for my situation."
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"You can never be perfect no matter how long you wait. So stop wasting your time because of the fear of failure or rejection. Start your dream today and learn from your failures and mistakes as you go."
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"One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration."
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"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."
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"Wildflowers can't be controlled, and neither can the girl with a soul boundless as the sky, and a spirit as free and wild as the ocean."
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"An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany."
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"My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight."
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"The flow of Guiness into the studio was inspirational as well as nutritive."
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"The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams."
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"The next time you have the urge to complain, stop and ask yourself what it is you truly want. Do you just want to complain or do you want to improve your situation? Somewhere within each complaint is a genuine desire to improve things, but the complaint by itself is never enough to make it happen. So make the choice not to aggravate a bad situation with your complaints. Choose instead to improve it with your positive thoughts, ideas and actions."
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"A heart without dreams is like a bird without feathers."
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
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"Books are challenging and inspirational to me."
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"If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments."
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"Just write about what bites you and damn the rest."
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"One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left."
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"But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me."
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"If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp."
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"Dream big. Start small. Begin today."
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"The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever."
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"Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance."
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"'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want."
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"My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse."
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"Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration."
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"That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it."
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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."
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"To help get your creative juices flowing, you might look online at lists of the "best taglines ever." Their branding ideas are genius and may be just the catalyst you need to activate your awesome!"
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"The greatest achievement is self awareness."
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"Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude."
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"But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year."
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"You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved."
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit."
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"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others."
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"If you ask a tree how he feels to know that he's spreading his fragrance and making people happy, I don't think a tree looks at it that way. I am just like that, and it is just my nature to be like this."
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"Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them."
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"What do you think I live on, rainwater and daydreams?"
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"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
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"Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope, that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face."
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"Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research."
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"We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards."
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"Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
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"Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it."
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