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“If you don't make a conscious effort to control your focus-and decide in advance which things you're going to focus on-you'll be so pulled by the demands of the world that you will soon find yourself living in reaction rather than living a life plan you've designed for yourself.”
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“Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin. Note: For Hyrum Smith's other ideas which he regards as pertinent to Success, see Topics: Character, Charity, Goals, Humility, Peace of Mind, Sacrifice, Success-Change-Personal Growth, Success-Change-Constructive Imagination, Wisdom”
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“The more widely you can spread this notion of achieving ROI by preserving and improving ecosystems, the better.”
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“No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.”
Source : Ted Williams, John Underwood (1969). “My turn at Bat: the story of my life”, Simon & Schuster
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“Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.”
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“Measure the hate you feel now, and the shame. That quantity is your capacity also to love and to feel joy and to have compassion.”
Source : Joanne Greenberg (2009). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: A Novel”, p.179, Macmillan
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“Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find these intimate moments and that people trusted me. That, basically, my camera was magic.”
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“Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.”