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Napoleon Bonaparte Military Leader, Emperor
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"I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win."

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Daisaku Ikeda Buddhist Leader, Author
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"Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them."

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Napoleon Hill Author, Motivational Speaker
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"You are searching for the magic key that will unlock the door to the source of power; and yet you have the key in your own hands, and you may use it the moment you learn to control your thoughts."

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Alicia Keys Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body."

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"Life is a refining process. Our response to it determines whether we'll be ground down or polished up. On a piano, one person sits down and plays sonatas, while another merely bangs away at "Chopsticks." The piano is not responsible. It's how you touch the keys that makes the difference. It's how you play what life gives you that determines your joy and shine."

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Ram Dass Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"This is the pathless path - returning to where you were initially before you got lost. The deepest truth in you is where the journey leads - shedding, like taking off layers of an onion, until you come to your essence. The key to the spiritual journey is not acquiring something outside of yourself. Rather it is shedding the veils to come back to the deepest truth of your being."

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Brad Stevens Basketball coach
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"The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession"

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Baltasar Gracian Philosopher, Writer
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"Watchfulness is the only guard against cunning. Be intent on his intentions. Many succeed in making others do their own affairs, and unless you possess the key to their motives you may at any moment be forced to take their chestnuts out of the fire to the damage of your own fingers."

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Eminem Rapper, songwriter, record producer
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"Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism."

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Eva Hesse Artist
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"Art and work and art and life are very connected and my whole life has been absurd. There isn't a thing in my life that has happened that hasn't been extreme - personal health, family, economic situations...absurdity is the key word."

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DJ Khaled Music Producer
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"The minute I leave my house - that is where I feel safe - I'm immediately in the jungle. The key is to survive through the cold world."

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Barbara Jordan Politician, Lawyer
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"How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people? The key is tolerance -- the one value that is indispensable in creating community."

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Leonard Bernstein Composer, Conductor
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"The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world."

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