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"The only people without problems are those in cemeteries. It is not what happens to us that separates failures from successes. It is how we perceive and what we do about what happens that makes the difference."
"The problem for me is not that Schwarzenegger is governor, but the extent to which even politicians who are not actors are functioning like actors."
"A job is a short term solution to a long term problem"
"Your job isn’t to make money. It’s to find a problem that needs solving."
"To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically."
"Show your contempt for the problem and your concern for the person."
"There are no problems, only solutions."
"I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years."
"[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems."
"Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones."
"One thing in any case is certain: man is neither the oldest nor the most constant problem that has been posed for human knowledge."
"You never help anyone by being a sounding board for their problems or complaints."
"I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more."
"When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems."
"We can't fix all problems but we must fix the ones we can"
"...the habitual dualist's solution to the problem of dualism: to solve the dilemma by chopping off one of the horns."
"We can't solve today's problems with the mentality that created them."
"The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity."
"Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on."
"Solve problems, make art, think deeply."
