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“Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.”
Source : Twitter post from Jun 8, 2012
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“So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.”
Source : Dan B. Allender (2009). “To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future”, p.5, WaterBrook
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“If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.”
Source : Tom Rath, James K. Harter, Jim Harter (2010). “Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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“While society cannot provide employment for its members, the production/work/income nexus has to be abandoned as a justification for our present parsimony to the unemployed. An assumption cannot be used to justify making second-class citizens of those who are unfortunate enough to constitute living proof of the inaccuracy of that assumption.”
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“My neighbor has two dogs. One of them says to the other, "Woof!" The other replies, "Moo!" The dog is perplexed. "Moo? Why did you say 'Moo'?" The other dog says, "I'm trying to learn a foreign language."”
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“Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.”
Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.48
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“Negotiating with memories isn't easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized?”
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“Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.”