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There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as…
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of…
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I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being fought out.…
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It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks…
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I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to…
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To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse,…
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Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental…
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Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
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Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up.
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Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out…
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We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.
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That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect…
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.
— Seth Godin
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Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.
— Joyce Meyer
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Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up,…
— Usain Bolt
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Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out…
— Etty Hillesum
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It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
— A A Milne
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I think guys are afraid of being too straightforward, so sometimes being coy gets you nowhere.
— Holly Carpenter
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We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this?…
— Richard Simmons
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Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
— Glenn Turner
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Biding time is easy -- and gets you nowhere.
— Johanna Lindsey
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Worry is like a rocking chair; it keeps you in motion but gets you nowhere
— Ashwin Sanghi
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No Give and Take. No Exchange of Thought. It gets you nowhere, particularly if the other person's tail is only just in…
— Eeyore
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Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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