Dillon Burroughs
Author, Speaker
"When you rest, realize it is not simply ceasing from activity…it is a gift from God."
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Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, Playwright, Novelist
"It is in the very heart of our activity that we search for our goal."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novelist
"Never confuse activity with action."
Tony Robbins
Author, Life Coach
"Activity without purpose is the drain of your life"
Daniel Kahneman
Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
"Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation."
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"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."
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"Activity is contagious."
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"You could almost describe psychedelics as enzymes for the activity of the imagination."
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"Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials."
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"The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity"
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"Programming is an explanatory activity."
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"I am fully convinced that the soul is indestructible, and its activity will continue through eternity."
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"Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy."
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"When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity."
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"Activity conquers coldness. Stillness conquers heat."
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"I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity."
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"The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer. All business activities must be focused on this central purpose."
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"Always focus on accomplishments rather than activities."
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"The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation."
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"Activity and passivity must go together in asanas."
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"Comedy is a group activity, a verbal orgy."
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"Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us."
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"Work is an activity that is financially-driven or one that you'd like to do less of."
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"Every activity worth doing has a learning curve."
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"Without constant activity, the threats of life will soon overwhelm the values."
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