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Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"It was easy enough to despise the world, but decidedly difficult to find any other habitable region."

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Ansel Adams Photographer
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"How high your awareness level is determines how much meaning you get from your world. Photography can teach you to improve your awareness level."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it."

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Ramakrishna Spiritual Leader
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"The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself."

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Viola Davis Actress, Producer
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"At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes."

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Thomas Aquinas Philosopher, Theologian
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"God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe."

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Rene Magritte Surrealist Artist
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"We are surrounded by curtains. We only perceive the world behind a curtain of semblance. At the same time, an object needs to be covered in order to be recognized at all."

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