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• Nothing I've ever written has been motivated by trying to impact or influence anybody.

  Frank Zappa

  Impact, Trying, Influence

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• I want you to know that this administration is motivated by a political philosophy that sees the greatness of America in you, her people, and in your families, churches, neighborhoods, communities - the institutions that foster and nourish values like concern for others and respect for the rule of law under God.

  Ronald Reagan

  Philosophy, Greatness, America

  Remarks at the Annual Convention of the the National Association of Evangelicals, delivered 8 March 1983, Orlando, Florida

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• Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is? I don't need hunger. I'm motivated by my desire to prove that I'm different and that I can still silence the critics.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Clouds, Silence, Desire

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• I just want you to be motivated by the magnitude of the opportunity.

  Mark V. Hurd

  Opportunity, Want, Magnitude

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• I think most people are motivated to want to do what is best for themselves. People want to avoid STDs. I believe in a system that leaves it up to the individual to protect their own health.

  Chester Brown

  Believe, Thinking, People

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

  Erykah Badu

  Business, Feelings, Energy

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• Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

  Bob Beauprez

  Teacher, Commitment, Expectations

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• The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.

  Jeff Bezos

  Motivation, Common, Easy

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. May 14, 2001.

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• I think every athlete will tell you no matter what sport you're in, when you train so hard and when you care so much about doing what you do, there's a little bit of nerves that come with that. But nerves that won't prevent you form performing, nerves that, hopefully, allow you to be that much more motivated and inspired to do well.

  Sidney Crosby

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

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• I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.

  Russell Crowe

  Commitment, Matter, Villain

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• I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

  Dian Fossey

  Animal, Equality, People

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• Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Maintaining The Status Quo, Car, Sloth

  "Capitalism’s Seven Debtly Sins" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2011.

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• Do it, and then you will feel motivated to do it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Ambition, Have A Great Day, Action

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 02, 2014

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• You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message. What I have learned is that people become motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power and when you make heroes out of employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.

  Anita Roddick

  Leadership, Hero, Eye

  Anita Roddick (1994). “Body and soul: profits with principles, the amazing success story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop”, Three Rivers Press

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• Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Problem

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• What keeps me motivated is not the food itself but all the bonds and memories the food represents.

  Michael Chiarello

  Memories, Food

  Michael Chiarello, Penelope Wisner (2008). “The Tra Vigne Cookbook: Seasons in the California Wine Country”, p.2, Chronicle Books

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• It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.

  Caroline Myss

  Life, Power, Rare Person

  Caroline Myss (2009). “Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason”, p.67, Hay House, Inc

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• If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.

  Larry Page

  Inspiring, Beach, Long

  "Meet The Google Guys". Interview with Adi Ignatius, content.time.com. February 12, 2006.

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• Subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Emotion, Reason, Subconscious

  "Fictional character: Cobb". "Inception", www.imdb.com. July 8, 2010.

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• We wanted to make a show that not only highlights the adventure of hunting, but also the fantastic culinary opportunities that a successful hunt can bring. It's great to have those efforts validated with a Beard nomination, and it speaks to the dedication of everyone on the MeatEater team. This honor makes us even more motivated to keep hammering out a solid, authentic hunting show that speaks to a variety of audiences.

  Steven Rinella

  Team, Adventure, Successful

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• After walking off the field feeling nauseous knowing my wrist was broke and hearing Philly fans yelling 'You deserve it,' and, 'That's what you get,' I am motivated to get back quickly and see to it personally those people never walk down Broad Street in celebration again.

  Jayson Werth

  Yelling, Knowing, People

  "MLB: 5 things we learned in week five" by David Lengel, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Even when you have skilled, motivated, hard-working people, the wrong team structure can undercut their efforts instead of catapulting them to success. A poor team structure can increase development time, reduce quality, damage morale, increase turnover, and ultimately lead to project cancellation.

  Steve McConnell

  Teamwork, Hard Work, People

  Steve McConnell (1996). “Rapid Development”, p.297, Microsoft Press

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• I am not motivated by recognition, I just do things I like doing - racing, shagging, eating and drinking.

  David Coulthard

  Drinking, Racing, Recognition

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• I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

  Bob Goff

  Jesus, Thinking, Used

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• Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry.

  Nelson Mandela

  Spiritual, Hard Work, Successful

  "The Sacred Warrior" by Nelson Mandela, content.time.com. December 31, 1999.

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