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Hunter S. Thompson Journalist, Author
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"Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."

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Paramahansa Yogananda Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony. Never get angry, for anger poisons your system."

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Elon Musk Entrepreneur, Business Magnate
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"If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do. If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed. No task is too menial."

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Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?"

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Bruce Lee Martial Artist, Actor, Director
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"If you want to learn to swim you have to throw yourself in the water."

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Albert Schweitzer Philosopher, Theologian
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"True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: "I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.""

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Andrew Williams Athlete
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"If you're going to be a wannabe, make sure you 'wannabe' something great. The most shocking thing about wannabes, is they largely want to be something irrelevant, vein, or just plain petty."

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W. Somerset Maugham Novelist, Playwright
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"Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it."

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
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"I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles."

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
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"Loafe with me on the grass—loose the stop from your throat; Not words, not music or rhyme I want—not custom or lecture, not even the best; Only the lull I like, the hum of your valved voice."

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