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Jim Rohn Author, Motivational Speaker
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"If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use."

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist
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"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." "This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it." "Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact."

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Yves Saint Laurent Fashion Designer
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"A woman's wardrobe shouldn't change every six months. You should be able to use the pieces you already own and add to them. Because they are like timeless classics."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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"The only time the white man is brotherly toward you is when he can use you, when he can exploit you, when he will oppress you, when you will submit to him."

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Joyce Meyer Author, Speaker
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"God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow."

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Ernest Hemingway Novelist
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"Intelligence is so damn rare and the people who have it often have such a bad time with it that they get bitter or propagandistic and then it's not much use."

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Philip Roth Novelist
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"I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable."

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Zhuangzi Philosopher
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"All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so that I can have a word with him?"

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Gracie Allen Actress, Comedian
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"I'm having my platform run up by a movie set designer, so it will be very impressive from the front, but not too premanent. After all, there's no sense putting a lot of time and thought into something you'll have no use for after you're elected."

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John Locke Philosopher, Physician
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"How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?"

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Baruch Spinoza Philosopher, Rationalist
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"Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things."

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Woody Allen Director, Actor, Writer
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"I have one last request. Don't use embalming fluid on me; I want to be stuffed with crab meat."

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