"One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on."
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"I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of the fundamental objectives of Marxism is to remove interest, the factor of individual interest, and gain, from people's psychological motivations. Marx was preoccupied both with economic factors and with their repercussions on the spirit. If communism isn't interested in this too, it may be a method of distributing goods, but it will never be a revolutionary way of life."
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"Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas."
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"Great ideas originate in the muscles."
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"I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."
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"A friend of mine, Derek Simmons, who's been on the podcast, said, "If more information were the answer, we'd all be billionaires with perfect dads." It comes down to motivation and incentives. If it isn't a punishment or a reward, then it's just talk."
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"Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation."
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"Difference between motivation and inspiration - Motivation is external and short lived. Inspiration is internal and lifelong"
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"If it's not fun, you are not doing it right."
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"I do have motivation. A lot of motivation."
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"To be a champion you must live like one."
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"Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary."
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"Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, cos’ they’ll break your spirit."
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"Motivation is in the world around us. We have an infinite amount of material at our disposal, in the lives of those we meet, in what we see and feel, in what we discuss and from the passion of every woman."
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"What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism."
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"The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism."
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"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."
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"To be taken seriously about doing something creative and probably travel a lot. That was my motivation. I knew I was good, I knew I could write. I also knew you could get laid really easily."
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"There are no accidents... there is only some purpose that we haven't yet understood."
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"The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose."
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