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"Your thoughts are your wand. Trust what you think and it will happen."

"Your thoughts are your wand. Trust what you think and it will happen."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Philosophy, Thoughts, Wand, Magic, Belief

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"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever."

"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever."

Leo Buscaglia, American Author

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"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."

"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."

E. L. Doctorow, American Author

Being, Fact, Feeling, Writing

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"Maybe, he thought, there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends-maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for, too, if that's what has to be."

"Maybe, he thought, there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends-maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for, too, if that's what has to be."

Stephen King, American Author

Friendship, Truth, Power, Happiness, Today

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"A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears."

"A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

Art, Eyes, Writer

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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose."

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

Politics, Endurance, Limits

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"Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

"Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Survival, Life, Fall, Hope

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"In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping."

"In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Coping, Cruelty, Laughter, Survival, Emotion

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"Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits."

"Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Writing, Tools, Writer

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"I have noticed that sometimes, our success, promotion and accomplishments become real when we say "no" to some things and act the right way. The potential that drives you to do that is called "self-discipline"."

"I have noticed that sometimes, our success, promotion and accomplishments become real when we say "no" to some things and act the right way. The potential that drives you to do that is called "self-discipline"."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Discipline, Self-discipline, Success, Focus, Action

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"During my five years on Mauna Kea, workers routinely displayed the symptoms of Cerebral Hypoxia."

"During my five years on Mauna Kea, workers routinely displayed the symptoms of Cerebral Hypoxia."

Steven Magee, British Author

Exposure, Health, Danger, Truth, Science

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"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Empathy, Communication, Understanding, World

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"Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?"

"Is it experimental to have been influenced by the Bible? By Saint Augustine?"

Marguerite Young, American Author

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"The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe."

"The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe."

Iris Murdoch, Irish Author

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"Pursue your heart's deep driving desires with joy and love."

"Pursue your heart's deep driving desires with joy and love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Life, Desire, Joy, Love, Heart

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"Every man wants to be appreciated, so do not just commend your secretary, commend your wife at home tooThe world judges people by money and status in the society, educational achievements, even racial background, this is unfortunate."

"Every man wants to be appreciated, so do not just commend your secretary, commend your wife at home tooThe world judges people by money and status in the society, educational achievements, even racial background, this is unfortunate."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Reflection, Appreciation, Commend, Society, Values

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"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."

Tom Bodett, American Author

Love, Hope, Needs

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"If you don't make your choices, others will choose for you."

"If you don't make your choices, others will choose for you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Decision, Choices, Others, Give, Make

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"But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. - Hazel Grace Lancaster."

"But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying. - Hazel Grace Lancaster."

John Green, American Author

Mental Health, Depression, Death, Truth, Life

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"Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else."

"Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else."

Miriam Beard, American Author

Travel, Bizarre

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"The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control."

"The only remedy against hunger is reasonable birth control."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Control, Birthcontrol, Hunger

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"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."

"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Success, Fear, Desire, Focus

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"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, "Here comes one who will augment our loves." For in this love "to divide is not to take away."

"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets... Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, "Here comes one who will augment our loves." For in this love "to divide is not to take away."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Friendship, Love, Companionship, Trust

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"Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers."

"Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Ethics, Compassion, Action, Emotion, Morality

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"Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction."

"Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Cooperation, Wisdom, Collaboration, Trust, Logic

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"If you love something let it go.. if it comes back its yours."

"If you love something let it go.. if it comes back its yours."

James Patterson, American Author

Relationship, Love, Trust, Emotion, Life

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"Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle."

"Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Politics, Lying, Violence

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"Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving."

"Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitate to get in the way if you're moving."

Tim Ferriss, American Author

Motivation, Momentum, Action, Criticism

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"The junkies had themselves a field day, they didn't care for the safety of the overseas tourists, no sir. They would stop at nothing. Some tourists were left bloodied and battered on the sacred ground of the Wallace Monument, minus their video cameras and the likes. The camera's were soon sold to a fence in the Raploch for pennies, compared to the actual price it was worth, then the junkies didn't waste much time getting to Big Mags' door with the £20 that they had got from the local fence in the nearby neighbourhood."

"The junkies had themselves a field day, they didn't care for the safety of the overseas tourists, no sir. They would stop at nothing. Some tourists were left bloodied and battered on the sacred ground of the Wallace Monument, minus their video cameras and the likes. The camera's were soon sold to a fence in the Raploch for pennies, compared to the actual price it was worth, then the junkies didn't waste much time getting to Big Mags' door with the £20 that they had got from the local fence in the nearby neighbourhood."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Society, Drugs, Crime, Violence, Poverty

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"Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others."

"Women do not become exhausted they only exhaust others."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Gender, Women, Exhaustion, Others, Humor

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"To become a better you, work in a team of like-minded people and learn new things you don't know."

"To become a better you, work in a team of like-minded people and learn new things you don't know."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Teamwork, Learning, Growth, Support

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"No one can replace you to do what you are destined to do until you totally fail it and leave an empty gap that God will fill."

"No one can replace you to do what you are destined to do until you totally fail it and leave an empty gap that God will fill."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Purpose, Destiny, God, Success

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"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature."

"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature."

Tom Robbins, American Author

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"If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs."

"If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs."

Aesop, Greek Author

Exploitation, Men, Will

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"She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape."

"She's happy to be home but being home means that it's an end to her adventure and escape."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Transition, Adventure, Home, Escape, Change

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"The sin of fornication hinders a person from enjoying God's blessings."

"The sin of fornication hinders a person from enjoying God's blessings."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Morality, Sin, Fornication, Blessings, Hindrance

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"Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness."

"Paris is a hard place to leave, even when it rains incessantly and one coughs continually from the dampness."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

Aesop, Greek Author

Destruction, Enemies

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"I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly."

"I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Secrecy, Secrets, Silence, Deception, Strategy

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"You don't miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face."

"You don't miss great leaders because their impacts and footprints are always staring at you in the face."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Leadership, Impact, Legacy, Influence

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"I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before."

"I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before."

Tahereh Mafi, Iranian Author

Sensation, Identity, Discovery, Pleasure, Novelty

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"When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless."

"When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them. When it has left a place where we have always found it, it is like shipwreck; we drop from security into something malevolent and bottomless."

Willa Cather, American Author

People, Kindness, Moments, Reason

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"I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay."

"I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Joy, Pain, Will

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"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."

"The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations."

Eli Khamarov, American Author

Life, Expectations

24

"Personal Responsibility is an act of being responsible for results and consequences of your decisions, actions and in-actions in a given situation or circumstance."

"Personal Responsibility is an act of being responsible for results and consequences of your decisions, actions and in-actions in a given situation or circumstance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Motivation, Responsibility, Decisions, Actions, Outcomes

24

"One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country."

"One of the people that wrote a forward to my book is Gerry Spence, whom I admire. Gerry is a friend of mine, and Gerry's perhaps the leading criminal defense attorney in the country."

Vincent Bugliosi, American Author

Friendship, People, Friend, Country, Defense

24

"You are not a biomass, you were not born only to be like a bush or tree, just to marry, reproduce and die."

"You are not a biomass, you were not born only to be like a bush or tree, just to marry, reproduce and die."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Purpose, Existence, Life, Calling

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"Everything gets better with the touch of love."

"Everything gets better with the touch of love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Love, Touch, Better, Life

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"Harmony is our natural state of being, and so, when our energies become too stagnant, chaos is thrown into the mix to stimulate what will eventually result in balance and invite flow. The trick is to not let chaos trap or define you, simply allow it to create movement in the vehicle of your life so that you can snap your eyes open and take back control of the wheel. Do not lose yourself in the storm, instead, be the calm in the storm."

"Harmony is our natural state of being, and so, when our energies become too stagnant, chaos is thrown into the mix to stimulate what will eventually result in balance and invite flow. The trick is to not let chaos trap or define you, simply allow it to create movement in the vehicle of your life so that you can snap your eyes open and take back control of the wheel. Do not lose yourself in the storm, instead, be the calm in the storm."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Equilibrium, Balance, Chaos, Flow, Control

24

"In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew."

"In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew."

Ruth Park, New Zealander Author

Sea, Sky, Newzealander

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