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"Modern language must be older than the cave paintings and cave engravings and cave sculptures and dance steps in the soft clay in the caves in Western Europe, in the Aurignacian Period some 35,000 years ago, or earlier. I can't believe they did all those things and didn't also have a modern language."
"[Models] have the thinnest thighs, the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes, and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet."
"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it."
"Don't wait until you're not afraid of something to do it. Do it despite the fear and you'll start to develop a 'fearlessness muscle'."
"To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity."
"The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance."
"Man's search for meaning is the chief motivation of his life."
"When people are inspired, they don't need motivation."
"It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy."
"Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't."
"Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules."
"Trust is the highest form of human motivation."
"On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there."
"To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."
"Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion"
"Your work life is divided into two distinct areas - what matters most and everything else. You will have to take what matters to the extremes and be okay with what happens to the rest. Professional success requires it."
"Success is built sequentially. It's one thing at a time."
"The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it."
"The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation."
"My motivation comes from a desire to make a difference in the quality of people's lives."
