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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
Moments

"The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved."

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Jo Brand Comedian, Writer
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"When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment."

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Joyce Carol Oates Author, Poet
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"We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it’s gone – its value is incontestable."

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Marshall McLuhan Philosopher, Media Theorist
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"Explore the situation. Statements are expendable. Don't keep on looking in the rearview mirror and defending the status quo which is outmoded the moment it happened."

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Dafydd Williams Astronaut
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"What an incredibly proud moment as a Canadian to have the Canadian flag on the left shoulder of your space suit, looking at the Canadian logos on the robotic arm in the payload bay of the space shuttle, and there's the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, which was an extension of the Canadarm to inspect the tiles underneath the orbiter. It struck me that there were more Canadian logos in space than any other country's I saw."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success."

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