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Epictetus Philosopher
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"Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor."

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Adam Grant Organizational Psychologist, Author
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"Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first."

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"Sometimes I will look away very quickly, and freeze frame that first impression, pleased with myself that I have outsmarted my own smartness, and perceived a colour as it actually is."

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Cicely Tyson Actress
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"When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused"

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"Mankind divides itself into two classes,--benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast; the first a handful."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here."

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Zig Ziglar Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Your first encounter of the day has a more direct bearing on your attitude for that day than your next five encounters."

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