"The important point is to be on the spot at the moment most favorable for gaining the desired advantage; and it will be found that of men who get what they want in this world, both those who seem to hasten and those who seem to lounge are always at the right place at the right time."

-- David Graham Phillips

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“It is not your job to seek for love. It IS your job to seek within yourself all the barriers against its coming.”
“The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.”

Source : Gustave Le Bon (1947). “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind”, p.83, Lulu.com
“From this simple phenomenon, this idea of saying something twice, more often, as often as possible, in order to make oneself understood - the most artful things developed... the principle of repetition!”

Source : Anton Webern (1975). “The path to the new music”, European Amer Music Dist Corp
“I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.”
“You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.”
“I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are we there yet?' Get where you're going 1 mile-marker at a time.”
“It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.”
“I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.”

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