"Man is not merely an evolution but rather a revolution."
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"Jail is no place for a young fellow. There's no advancement."
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"I met my wife on a ferry boat, and when we landed she gave me the slip"
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"I guess my inspiration is this - I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to 'Batman' was real and is part of this one guy's life."
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"I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery."
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"One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload"
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"You must walk sometimes perfectly free, not prying or inquisitive, not bent on seeing things. Throw away a whole day for a single expansion, a single inspiration of air. You must walk so gently as to hear the finest sounds, the faculties being in repose. Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."
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"What is called eloquence in the forum is commonly found to be rhetoric in the study. The orator yields to the inspiration of a transient occasion, and speaks to the mob before him, to those who can hear him; but the writer, whose more equable life is his occasion, and who would be distracted by the event and the crowd which inspire the orator, speaks to the intellect and heart of mankind, to all in any age who can understand him."
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"You will receive what you ask for no more, no less"
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"If you're looking where everybody else is looking, you're looking in the wrong spot."
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"In the past people used to tell me to shut up a bit. But what I believe is to put out your opinion and let everyone else react. If I'm wrong I'm wrong. People are afraid to put out their opinions and get push back."
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"Every job I took was really me getting paid to learn about a new industry."
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"It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's who is pouring the water. The key in business and success at any endeavor is doing your best to control your destiny. You can't always do it, but you have to take every opportunity you can to be as prepared as-and ahead of-the competition as you possibly can be."
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"The thrill of victory in business blows away the thrill of victory in sports. Business is a sport 24/7/365."
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"The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort."
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"Most people think it's all about the idea. It's not. EVERYONE has ideas. The hard part is doing the homework to know if the idea could work in an industry, then doing the preparation to be able to execute on the idea."
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"If you think you don't have any time for prayer, and can't find any time, then ask God to forgive you... The Pope isn't too busy for his daily rosary; if you're busier than the Pope, you're too busy."
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"I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration."
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"I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction."
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"For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources."
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