"You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity."
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"I think if you're open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you're closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading."
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"Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you."
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"It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you."
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"Always focus on your effort, instead of the results of that effort."
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"Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them."
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"Happy can make you money, but money can't make you happy."
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"You just have to pay attention to what people need and what has not been done."
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"As long as you are passionate about your vision, you should keep moving forward."
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"When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car accident, and everything moves slowly, you can be shocked into the present. The past and the future disappear."
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"The imagination is how things get done. You have to cultivate creativity."
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"It's important to focus on what we do best and master one craft at a time."
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"Labels cloud our vision and distract us from seeing how much we have in common with one another."
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"My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them."
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"The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's how mantras are used in Buddhist and Hindu practices, as tools that clear your mind of distractions. Because when you focus on repeating that mantra over and over again, soon the noise will die down and all you will hear is your inner voice."
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"I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out."
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"Your purpose is to act on the resources God gives you. If God gives you a bucket of fish, you have to distribute those fish. If you don't, they're going to rot, attract a bunch of flies, and start stinking up your soul."
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"...if we are open and we prepare for promoting dialogue and love, and a better understanding of each other, and tolerance and so forth, that's what the world will become, a more tolerant, loving place."
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"In the end, the overriding factor in whether or not you realize your dreams is going to be you. Not the world. YOU."
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"Never pass up any opportunity to share your gifts with the world."
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