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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Inspiration

"Open to me, so that I may open. Provide me your inspiration So that I might see mine."

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Lady Gaga Singer, Actress
Inspiration

"I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The stage, the voice, the music?... Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been a massive inspiration to me for some time - the storytelling, that deliciously somber undertone in his music."

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Ze Frank Web Personality, Filmmaker
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"On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there."

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
Inspiration

"The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of Faith it must be continuous and grow by exercise. Frequency is of the highest effect. Seven times a week is more nourishing than seven times at intervals."

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Orson Welles Director, Actor, Producer
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"The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never occurred to me that I wasn't until middle age."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain."

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Gautama Buddha Spiritual Teacher
Inspiration

"Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones"

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LeBron James Professional Basketball Player
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"It's hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than high school. It's competitive, and that's what I most love about it."

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LeBron James Professional Basketball Player
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"Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend?"

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