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“[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.”

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Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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The rights essential to happiness. . . . We claim them from a higher source - from the King of kings and Lord of all the earth.

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The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.

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