Jim Rohn
Author, Motivational Speaker
"There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires."
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Basics
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Sylvester Stallone
Actor, Filmmaker
"There are endless exercises for arms, but the basics are best-chinups and pushups."
Umberto Eco
Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
"I have to admit that I only read War and Peace when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then."
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