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  A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

  Jackie Robinson

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  "I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

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• There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Choices

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

  Bertrand Russell

  Confidence, Being Yourself, Fear

  Bertrand Russell (2014). “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell”, p.554, Routledge

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• Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Time, Judging, Littles

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• The earth has music for those who listen.

  George Santayana

  Music, Encouragement, Art

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• Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I love those who yearn for the impossible.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Philosophy, Life Is Good

  "Faust, Part 2". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act II, "Classical Walpurgis Night", 1832.

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  The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth might end on December 21, 2012. It's a profound absence of awareness of the laws of physics and how nature works. So they're missing some science classes in their training in high school or in college that would empower them to understand and to judge when someone else is basically just full of it. Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Educational, Believe, School

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• The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

  Ben Okri

  Love, Inspirational, Sympathy

  "Ben Okri salutes Jeremy Corbyn in poetry with A New Dream of Politics" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. October 12, 2015.

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• If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

  William J. Clinton

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Attitude

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  Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• It's really hard to get stories made that are about women. Not just women being obsessed with men, or supporting men. And it's really hard to get men to be a part of films that are about women in a leading role. I'm really interested in how we can adjust that.

  Olivia Wilde

  Men, Roles, Stories

  "8 Hollywood Women Who Have Called Out Industry Sexism" By Nina Bahadur, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 25, 2014.

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• The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.

  Tony Robbins

  Change, Success, Fitness

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Motivational, Courage, Strong

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Death, 4th Of July, Men

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1968). “I Have a Dream: The Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr”

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• I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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  The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

  Eminem

  Love, Life, Crazy

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  You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Positive, Depression

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.

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• What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

  Bob Dylan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

  Jack Kerouac

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

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• Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

  Helen Keller

  Soul, Darkness, Depth

  Helen Keller (2013). “Optimism: An Essay”, p.6, The Floating Press

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• Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

  Richard L. Evans

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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