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“During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.”
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“Once there was a gypsy queen who wore on her wrist a chain of six lucky charms - a golden crown, a silver horse, a butterfly caught in amber, a cat's eye shell, a bolt of lightning forged from the heart of a falling star, and the flower of the rue plant, herb of grace. The queen gave each of her six children one of the charms as their lucky talisman, but ever since the chain of charms was broken, the gypsies had been dogged with misfortune.”
Source : Kate Forsyth (2007). “The Gypsy Crown: Chain of Charms 1”, Pan Australia
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“God doesn't believe in the easy way.”
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“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”
Source : "Fictional character: Mary Poppins". "Mary Poppins", www.imdb.com. August 27, 1964. 
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“Embrace fanaticism. Harness joie de vivre by pursuing insane interests, consuming passions, and constant sources of gratification that do not depend on the approval of others”
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“You get the right collection of people together and you get the atmosphere together that it is very free where there is no judgment. If you create an atmosphere that is very open you steer the ship.”
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“When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.”
Source : "The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind". Book by Huangbo and John Blofeld, p. 80, 1958.
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“Many men beg for a job but have no clue what hard work really means.”
