“The most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and to work hard. Work like there’s no tomorrow. Train. Strive. Really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade if it’s […]
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“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way, an artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” – Charles Bukowski
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“Everyone may not be good, but there’s always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” ― Oscar Wilde
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“By overthrowing me, you have only defeated the trunk of the tree of freedom; it will grow back because its roots are deep, numerous and vivacious.” – Toussaint Louverture
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“If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.” – Pentagon official on why the U.S. military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War
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“It seems that it is only the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to “initiate” young men. Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introduced to “the mysteries,” he would not know what to do with his pain and would almost always abuse his power. It looks like they were right.” – Richard Rohr
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Mother Teresa was an inspiring person. Everything she did was for the bettering of others. She was not afraid of poverty and she was not afraid of loving her peers, be they rich, poor, or unconcerned. This is something to strive to be. Mother Teresa is the person that I would most like to emulate. Almost everything she has said […]
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“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” ― Harriet Tubman
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“I think it’s helpful to remind white ethnics that they, too, came here in boats; that they, too, lived in slums; that they, too, had yellow fever; that they, too, were stigmatized as incorrigible; that they, too, had the highest homicide rates and the highest incarceration rates and the highest rates of mental illness; and that everything that was said […]
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“The workaholic colonizes his own despair at the perceived emptiness of life by filling it in with work.” – Mark Kingwell
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