"To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline and training is all about."

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Source : James Clavell (2009). “Shogun”, p.94, Dell

James Clavell

#Thinking Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I want to reach out and grab his hand and hold it to me, right over my heart, right where it aches the most. I don't know if doing that would heal me or make my heart break entirely, but either way this constant hungry waiting would be over.”
“All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people ... turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the Government ... Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.”
“I fully realize that a person who stands for what I stand for, an activist, a gay activist, becomes the target or the potential target for a person who is insecure, terrified, afraid, or very disturbed with themselves.”
“There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.”
“You're about to be the conductor on the most brilliant, runaway train in showbiz. Good luck you'll love it.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 27, 2015
“He [Steve Jobs] had come from the surplus electronics parts world.So he came from that world, and he said let's sell PC boards for $40. We'll build them for $20 and sell them for $40.”
“Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.”
“I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”

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