"Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success."
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"Through discipline comes freedom."
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"Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude."
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"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated."
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"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."
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"You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are!"
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"I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true."
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"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."
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"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack."
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"There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world"
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"Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust."
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"It's not your job to like me - it's mine"
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"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
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"I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated."
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"Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours."
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"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."
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"What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it."
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"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
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"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
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"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention."
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