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Should

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Prince
Prince Musician, Singer, Songwriter

"As long as I do not take myself too seriously I should not be too badly off."

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Ramana Maharshi Spiritual Teacher
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"Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself."

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Sigmund Freud Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
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"The only person with whom you have to compare ourselves, is that you in the past. And the only per-son better you should be, this is who you are now."

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Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter
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"We should always be aspiring to know more, and to better ourselves, and to improve ourselves. To improve ourselves, because that's how we improve the world around us, by working within us."

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