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“The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.”
John Maynard Keynes
“I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”
Dr. Seuss
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson Mandela
“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
Leo Tolstoy
“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”
Brian Tracy
“If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.”
Zig Ziglar
“Life needs to be more than just solving problems every day. You need to wake up and be excited about the future.”
Elon Musk
“A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it.”
John Lennon
“Be strong. Be confident. Be the star of your own life.”
Estee Lauder
“The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.”
Samuel Butler
“Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.”
— Ludwig van Beethoven
“Life is one long process of getting tired.”
Samuel Butler
“Most of us do not consciously look at movies.”
— Roger Ebert
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
Arnold H. Glasow
“Your manuscript is both good and original but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.”
Samuel Johnson
“Whether you have a problem in your life or not depends upon your own attitude, your own understanding.”
Shunryu Suzuki
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
Douglas Adams
“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
Elon Musk
“The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.”
Og Mandino
“Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.”
Ralph Marston

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