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• Item one: the law of the will. We just talked about this: one should only do that which truly fills our hearts with enthusiasm. If we brush this aside, if we put off the moment to live that which we dream of, we lose the energy necessary for any important transformation in our lives. Someone once put this most succinctly: “I don’t know the secret of success - but the secret of failure is to always try to follow the will of others.

  Paulo Coelho

  Dream, Heart, Law

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.16, Booklassic

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• If you have moved over vast territories and dared to love silly things, you will have learned even from the most primitive items collected and put aside in your life.

  Ray Bradbury

  Silly, Territory, Primitive

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• Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your garlic with respect...Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Oil, Lazy, Cost

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• Most people, in my opinion, steal much of what they are. If they didn't what poor items they would be.

  Julian Barnes

  People, Would Be, Opinion

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• As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost.

  E. B. White

  Writing, Men, Might

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.23, Cornell University Press

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• Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

  Terry Pratchett

  Helpful, Discworld, Manuals

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.255, Random House

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• My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

  Sara Blakely

  Years, Firsts, Revenue

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• Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true importance. The first thing tomorrow morning, start working on an item Number 1, and stay with it until completed. Then take item Number 2 the same way. Then Number 3, and so on. Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

  Ivy Lee

  Time, Morning, Writing

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• I don't understand how some of these young actresses are wearing such provocative, editorial items, when they haven't even established a career yet. It's hard to see past that. I'm not so sure that's smart in the long run.

  Allison Williams

  Running, Smart, Past

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• The salability of an item can often be improved while the value itself remains unchanged.

  Roy H. Williams

  Often Is, Remains, Values

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• We know the product is going to stink. We know that because we live in the world, and we know that everything stinks. We all believe, Hey, maybe this one wont stink. We are a hopeful species. Stupid but hopeful. But were happy in that moment between the commercial and the purchase. And I think spending your life trying to dupe innocent people out of hard-won earnings to buy useless, low-quality, misrepresented items and services is an excellent use of your energy.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Stupid, Believe, Thinking

  "Jerry Seinfeld Gets Brutally Honest About Advertising in This Hilarious Speech at the Clios". www.adweek.com. October 02, 2014.

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• Stick to the classics, and you can't ever go wrong. I see old ladies on the street who have fabulous style and realize it's because they are probably wearing really classic items that they've had for years and years. I think if you find something that suits you, you should just stick to it.

  Alexa Chung

  Thinking, Years, Suits You

  "Interview: Alexa Chung covers our spring fashion issue". Interview with Rachel LeWinter, www.timeout.com. April 21, 2013.

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• I think Maje typifies that French vibe where it's simple items that are very practical, very wearable but also like incredibly chic and expensive-looking.

  Alexa Chung

  Simple, Thinking, Chic

  "Maje Fetes Alexa Chung in a French Meets British Fashion Collab". Interview with Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 12, 2012.

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• About 25 years ago, I took a bicycle across the United States. I soon found out that the greatest item of clothing was the trusty bandanna. There were dozens of uses for a bandanna - as a pot holder, a chain cleaner, a sun shield, a headband, a snot rag, a declaration of Kerouacian intent.

  Colum McCann

  Years, United States, Rags

  "How I Dress Now: Colum McCann" by Colum Mccann, www.esquire.com. January 31, 2013.

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• My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item of consumption he would acquire was a direct measurement of his success in life. But that same equation wasn't going to work for me - I was quite clear about that in my early teens.

  Tino Sehgal

  Children, Father, Pakistan

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• I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from household items - Jackson Pollock used house paint - to, you know, advanced computer systems, to good old oil paint and acrylic paint.

  Bill Viola

  Thinking, Artist, Oil

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• In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Loss, Energy

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• The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them.

  Charles M. Vest

  Government, Shifting, Cost

  "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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• I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society.

  Mariano Rajoy

  Favors, Want, Reducing

  "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.

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• If you splurge, do it on an item that's fun, because you'll feel good whenever you put it on.

  Lela Rose

  Fun, Feel Good, Feels

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• Want to know the key to a long-lasting relationship? Don't go with your loved one to Ikea. One psychologist says the stress of a visit to the popular furniture store can cause serious friction between couples, whether it's disputes over what to buy or spats while you assemble the items that you bought there.

  Juan Williams

  Couple, Stress, Ikea

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• My goal is to make Italian food clean and accessible and beautiful and tasty, with simple ingredients that people can find at a local grocery store, because people don't want to go to a gourmet shop in search of items that will sit in their pantry for years after they use just a teaspoon or pinch of them.

  Giada De Laurentiis

  Beautiful, Italian, Simple

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• When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely, that void is going to be filled by an ideology... Hope and faith are so connected. Now, when ideology connects with faith, the ideology becomes an item of faith, not a point of discussion.

  Alfonso Cuaron

  People, Needs, Void

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• Purchase items that can be made into several meals, like a whole roasted chicken, or bag of sweet potatoes, and shop the periphery of the grocery store, avoiding the middle aisles full of processed and higher-priced foods.

  Cat Cora

  Sweet, Meals, Bags

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• When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

  Byron Dorgan

  Cutting, Government, Tough Times

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