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Emile Zola

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

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Change

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

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Erica Jong

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Ernest Hemingway

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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Courage

Courage is grace under pressure.

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Ernest Hemingway

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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Euripides

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what’s at hand.

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Farrah Gray

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

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Florence Nightingale

I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.

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Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.

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Abraham Lincoln

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

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Abu Bakr

He who avoids complaint invites happiness.

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Adrienne Rich

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

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Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

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