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Meek Mill Rapper
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"I don't know what type of music my son will want. By the time he starts listening to music, really, at like 15, 16, I'll probably have 10 albums out by that time."

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Howard Gardner Psychologist, Educator
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"A person who is app-dependent is always searching for the best app; and as soon as its routine has been executed, the person searches for the next app. A person who is app-enabled also uses apps frequently. But he or she is never limited by the current array of apps; apps will free the person to do what he or she wants to do, or needs to do, irrespective of the next application of the app. An app-enabled person can also put devices away, without feeling bereft."

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Dale Carnegie Author, Speaker
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"Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something. Before you speak, pause and as yourself, "How can I make this person want to do it?"

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Paul McKenna Hypnotherapist, Author
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"If you want to knock down the wall between you and the life of your dreams, it's best to do it one brick at a time!"

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Paulo Coelho Writer
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"You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not."

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
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"When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue."

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Princess Diana Philanthropist, Humanitarian
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"I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting)."

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Pythagoras Philosopher, Mathematician
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"Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"The amount of time it takes you to get from where you are to where you want to be, is only the amount of time it takes you to change the vibration within you. Instant manifestation could be yours if you could instantly change the vibration."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"Overwhelment is about you not being up to speed with what you told the Universe that you want. The Universe is yielding to you. You're just not ready to receive it right now."

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