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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
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"I want you to know that your future is always bright, no matter what your age."

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Louise Hay Author, Motivational Speaker
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"When you choose to be angry you are affirming that you want greater anger in your life."

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Lyn Gardner Author
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"The best shows have a clear idea of what they want to achieve, where the performers have the ability to disrupt normality and engage directly with audiences of all ages. A company who can do just that (apparently effortlessly) is dotComedy."

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Lydia Davis Author
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"Maybe the truth does not matter, but I want to know it if only so that I can come to some conclusions about such questions as: whether he is angry with me or not; if he is, then how angry; whether he still loves me or not; if he does, then how much; whether he loves me or not; how much; how capable he is of deceiving me in the act and after the act in the telling."

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
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"You should never be afraid of people... such fear can destroy us completely. You've simply got to get rid of it, if you want to turn into someone decent. You understand that, don't you?"

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Kim Smith Artist
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"There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics."

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Kenan Thompson Actor, Comedian
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"I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them."

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