"I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be."

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Source : Daniel Defoe (2007). “Moll Flanders”, p.167, Book Jungle

Daniel Defoe

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“The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.”

Source : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall (1993). “Arnold”, p.148, Simon and Schuster
“Let your eye be chaste, your hand faithful, your tongue truthful and your heart enlightened.”
“I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.”
“There are no such things as the Elgin Marbles.”
“Well, everybody has a bodyguard in Brazil.”
“There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.”

Source : Laurens Van der Post (1979). “Venture to the interior”, Harcourt
“He should voicemail get open!”

Source : "8 Ridiculous Things Jon Gruden Said On Monday Night Football" by Tony Manfred, www.businessinsider.com. October 29, 2013.
“A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one.”

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