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Billy Graham Evangelist, Author
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"Is it not arrogance or narrow-mindedness to claim that there is only one way of salvation or that the way we follow is the right way? I think not. After all, do we fault a pilot for being narrow-minded when he follows the instrument panel while landing in a rainstorm? No, we want him to remain narrowly focused!"

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Billy Graham Evangelist, Author
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"We're all so busy. We race and race. Life is a sprint. We want to get 'there' so badly. But I wonder if we even know what to do when we actually get 'there'."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
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"You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover."

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter
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"Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be."

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Boris Pasternak Poet, Novelist
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"If you want to know, life is the principle of self-renewal, it is constantly renewing and remaking and changing and transfiguring itself."

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Brian Tracy Author, Speaker
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"Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by people you admire and respect."

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"You have to have horror that is entertaining, where you can laugh. Most people don't want you to laugh at horror. They just want you to just be disgusted and terrified."

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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker
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"If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging."

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Bob Johnson Entrepreneur
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"I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. Of course, sometimes, in the beginning, you're going to push a little too far."

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