"A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough."
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"I like the color red because it's a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire."
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"You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded."
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"Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle."
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"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows."
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"Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them."
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"Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities."
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"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."
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"Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story."
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"Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important."
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"There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas."
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"Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we've built around them."
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"Chimpanzees, more than any other living creature, have helped us to understand that there is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It's a very blurry line, and it's getting more blurry all the time."
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"The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better."
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"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."
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"Climbing is this long term, lifelong journey. It's really important to just take your time with it and keep it fun. I've seen a lot of people burn out because it starts becoming this job for them. It stops being fun. For me, it's been really important to keep it enjoyable. Listen to your motivation."
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"It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen."
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"Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation."
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"Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about."
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"Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to."
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