Quotes 161 till 180 of 892.
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Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired form.
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Dear Chicago, when I wake up in the morning and see your skyline - the terra cotta of the Wrigley Building, the height of the Willis Tower, the shiny sides of my beloved Trump Tower - I know I'm home. I feel a certain energy walking between your spires, but recognize that what makes you special to me is that my roots are here.
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Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, and yet a third of life is passed in sleep.
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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
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Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small wonder food makes a woman nervous.
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Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard.
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Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
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Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
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Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.
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Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.
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Don't worry about not fitting in. The things that make people think you're weird are what makes you you, and therefore your greatest strength.
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Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.
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Dream is not a revelation. If a dream affords the dreamer some light on himself, it is not the person with closed eyes who makes the discovery but the person with open eyes lucid enough to fit thoughts together. Dream - a scintillating mirage surrounded by shadows - is essentially poetry.
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.
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Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.
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