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"Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be seen as untimely. This is because a real writer is always shifting and changing and searching. The world has many labels for him, of which the most treacherous is the label of Success."

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Kurt Cobain Musician, Singer-Songwriter
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"It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label... Most people don't have any dignity in the first place."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one."

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Adam Rich Actor
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"You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff."

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker
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"Examine the labels you apply to yourself. Every label is a boundary or limit you will not let yourself cross."

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Will Smith Actor, Producer, Rapper
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"The big thing I tell my kids is you have to control how you label things. It's very important to me they understand the power they have to create the lives that they want."

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R. J. Reynolds Businessman
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"We strongly oppose warning labels on cigarette packs for several reasons: first and foremost, warning labels may improperly imply that it has been scientifically established that smoking causes disease"

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Tommy Shaw Musician
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"When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected."

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Naomi Watts Actress
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"I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left."

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Author, Statistician
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"It is remarkable how fast and how effectively you can construct a nationality with a flag , a few speeches, and a national anthem; to this day I avoid the label "Lebanese," preferring the less restrictive "Levantine" designation."

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"There is no expeditious road To pack and label men for God, And save them by the barrel-load. Some may perchance, with strange surprise, Have blundered into Paradise."

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Freeman Patterson Photographer
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"Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encountering your subject matter with your whole being. It means looking beyond the labels of things and discovering the remarkable world around you."

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