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"I took my Power in my Hand -- And went against the World -- 'Twas not so much as David -- had -- But I -- was twice as bold -- I aimed by Pebble -- but Myself Was all the one that fell -- Was it Goliath -- was too large -- Or was myself -- too small?"

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Ernest Hemingway Novelist
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"No well-run yacht basin in Southern waters is complete without at least two sun-burned, salt bleached-headed Esthonians who are waiting for a check from their last article. When it comes they will set sail to another yacht basin and write another saga."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"All is well. You did not come here to fix a broken world. The world is not broken. You came here to live a wonderful life. And if you can learn to relax a little and let it all in, you will begin to see the universe present you with all that you have asked for."

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
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"Far from being a material world, this is a psychic world, which allows us to make only indirect and hypothetical inferences about the real nature of matter. The psychic, alone has immediate reality, and this includes all forms of the psychic, even"

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"A multitude of aspects of the natural world that were considered miraculous only a few generations ago are now thoroughly understood in terms of physics and chemistry."

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Daniel Gilbert Businessman
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"Reality' is a movie generated by our brains. Because we don't realize this, we are far too confident that the stuff appearing in the movie is actually 'out there' in the world when, in fact, it's not."

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Daniel Kahneman Psychologist, Nobel Laureate
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"We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes."

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Carol Thatcher Politician
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"Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
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"If we develop in-depth knowledge, it will enable us to give our best to others and help to make a better world."

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