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Quotes by Author
"An unceasingly grateful life can easily heal from the wounds of hurt and setback. It can also easily shed resentment, hate, and bitterness."
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"The world is full of people who think different is synonymous with wrong."
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"Every single human being is neurologically predisposed to be biased in various walks of life. It is biologically impossible to be absolutely free from all biases, nevertheless, the more a person rigorously trains the self to be rational and conscientious, the more that self becomes strong enough to keep the biases in check, never to let them run rampant over the psyche."
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"Behavior speaks. If you're chasing them, it means they're running from you. Save your energy."
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"When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock -- to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures."
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"Writing out your goals is the first action in a chain of many on the road to achievement."
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"Ignoring phone calls leads to a simple life with more free time. Ignoring emails works well also! I do both when I am trying to get things done."
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"Teamwork is the best ever investment. If I make 3 and you make 5, together we will not make 8. We will make 15. Leaders build active teams."
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"If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm."
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"Three good men dead, to save a hedge knight's foot."
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""Love" "Acceptance", "Unity", "Peace", "Integrity", "Respect". a strong, pure creed is short on words and long on nourishing ideas. For me, the longer the creed the more it has been diluted, manipulated, and spoiled. The results of this creed poisoning can be seen in the behavior of its followers. We have all heard the expression, "The devil is in the details"; my observations have led me to suspect this is true."
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"Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations."
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"Be the solution, not the problem."
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"Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness."
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"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."
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"Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now."
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"We often hate others because we fail to understand them."
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"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."
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"Every gift, talent and every calling that you have from God has been given to you because somebody needs it."
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"A holiday is for kindness, compassion, love, and holiness; it is not for laziness or craziness."
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"Pain can cause us to learn no end of lessons, but without resolution there can be no healing!"
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"You cannot escape the results of your thoughts. Whatever your present environment may be, you will fall, remain or rise with your thoughts, your vision, your ideal. You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration."
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"People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster."
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"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."
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"One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'"
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"Appreciation generates energy, like thankfulness creates increase."
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"Writers are good at plucking out what they need here and there."
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"Darkness is subject to light, and can never manifest itself in the presence of light."
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"Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies."
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"There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was."
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"Giving materialistically is the soft option, but when you give from what you do for others then your reward is immeasurable contentment."
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"There are no simple solutions to imaginary problems."
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"The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon."
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