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Of all the discarded statesmen who for their own ease have studied to get the better of ambition, and to despise those honours which they could no longer arrive at, how few have been able to succeed? #AdamSmith

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Of all the discarded statesmen who for their own ease have studied to get the better of ambition, and to despise those honours which they could no longer arrive at, how few have been able to succeed? #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Oct 1, 2022
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Greatness can't be imposed; it has to come from within. But it does live within all of us. #JeffSutherland

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Greatness can't be imposed; it has to come from within. But it does live within all of us. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 30, 2022
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Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound. #LudwigWittgenstein

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Sometimes, in doing philosophy, one just wants to utter an inarticulate sound. #LudwigWittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 29, 2022
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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. #ArthurSchopenhauer

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Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. #ArthurSchopenhauer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 29, 2022
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[Introverts] listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror for small talk, but enjoy deep discussions. #SusanCain

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[Introverts] listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror for small talk, but enjoy deep discussions. #SusanCain — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 28, 2022
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First principle: Think for yourself to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what you should do to achieve #1 in light of #2... and do that with humility and open-mindedness so that you consider the best thinking available to you. #RayDalio

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First principle: Think for yourself to decide 1) what you want, 2) what is true, and 3) what you should do to achieve #1 in light of #2... and do that with humility and open-mindedness so that you consider the best thinking available to you. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 27, 2022
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The way--that is the path of life, the meaningful path of life, the straight and narrow path that constitutes the very border between order and chaos, and the traversing of which brings them into balance. #JordanPeterson

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The way--that is the path of life, the meaningful path of life, the straight and narrow path that constitutes the very border between order and chaos, and the traversing of which brings them into balance. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 27, 2022
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There is one quality that sets truly great managers apart from the rest: they discover what is unique about each person and then capitalize on it #JulieZhuo

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There is one quality that sets truly great managers apart from the rest: they discover what is unique about each person and then capitalize on it #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 27, 2022
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I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was 'productive'. Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted. #GretchenRubin

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I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was 'productive'. Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted. #GretchenRubin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 26, 2022
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We cannot do great things on this earth, we can only do small things with great love. #MotherTeresa

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We cannot do great things on this earth, we can only do small things with great love. #MotherTeresa — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 25, 2022
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. #EricHoffer

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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 25, 2022
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I have tried to live my life such that in the hour of my death I would feel joy rather than fear. #WitoldPilecki

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I have tried to live my life such that in the hour of my death I would feel joy rather than fear. #WitoldPilecki — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 25, 2022
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I've moved toward innovating within existing teams. This requires very deliberate decision-making and some bravery, but in exchange you'll get higher morale and a culture of learning, and will avoid creating a two-tiered class system of innovators and maintainers. #WillLarson

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I've moved toward innovating within existing teams. This requires very deliberate decision-making and some bravery, but in exchange you'll get higher morale and a culture of learning, and will avoid creating a two-tiered class system of innovators and maintainers. #WillLarson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 24, 2022
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The desire of being believed, the desire of persuading, of leading, and directing other people, seems to be one of the strongest of all our natural desires. #AdamSmith

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The desire of being believed, the desire of persuading, of leading, and directing other people, seems to be one of the strongest of all our natural desires. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 24, 2022
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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. #RussRoberts

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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 23, 2022
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Without a community, we feel isolated, and our values cease to mean anything. Without values, nothing appears worth pursuing. And without control, we feel powerless to pursue anything. Lose any of the three, and you lose the other two. #MarkManson

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Without a community, we feel isolated, and our values cease to mean anything. Without values, nothing appears worth pursuing. And without control, we feel powerless to pursue anything. Lose any of the three, and you lose the other two. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 22, 2022
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Democracy can exist only when you are willing to tolerate views that oppose your own, when you're willing to give up some things you might want for the sake of a safe and healthy community, when you're willing to compromise and accept that sometimes things don't go your way. #MarkManson

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Democracy can exist only when you are willing to tolerate views that oppose your own, when you're willing to give up some things you might want for the sake of a safe and healthy community, when you're willing to compromise and accept that sometimes things don't go your way. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 22, 2022
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When Chinese vaguely express an idea or an opinion, the real message is often just implied. They expect their conversational partner to be highly involved and to take an active role in deciphering messages, as well as in mutually creating meaning #ErinMeyer

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When Chinese vaguely express an idea or an opinion, the real message is often just implied. They expect their conversational partner to be highly involved and to take an active role in deciphering messages, as well as in mutually creating meaning #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 22, 2022
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Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. #LordChesterfield

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Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 21, 2022
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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. #ArthurSchopenhauer

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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. #ArthurSchopenhauer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 20, 2022
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Although leaders and followers are closely linked, it is the leader who often initiates the relationship, creates the communication linkages, and carries the burden for maintaining the relationship. #PeterGNorthouse

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Although leaders and followers are closely linked, it is the leader who often initiates the relationship, creates the communication linkages, and carries the burden for maintaining the relationship. #PeterGNorthouse — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 20, 2022
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If you wake during the night, any thoughts and feelings you might have [...] are often very disturbing, catastrophic and lacking in perspective. In the morning you are likely to regret engaging with these thoughts and feelings because you will see things differently. #StevePeters

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If you wake during the night, any thoughts and feelings you might have [...] are often very disturbing, catastrophic and lacking in perspective. In the morning you are likely to regret engaging with these thoughts and feelings because you will see things differently. #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 20, 2022
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When we are guided by real curiosity and a principle of charity, every human problem seems to admit of solution. #SamHarris

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When we are guided by real curiosity and a principle of charity, every human problem seems to admit of solution. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 19, 2022
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Time makes up your life, so wasting it is actually a slow form of suicide. #JeffSutherland

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Time makes up your life, so wasting it is actually a slow form of suicide. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 18, 2022
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He who will defend everything defends nothing. #FrederickII

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He who will defend everything defends nothing. #FrederickII — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 18, 2022
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We are not rewarded for enjoying the journey itself but for the successful completion of a journey. Society rewards results, not processes; arrivals, not journeys. #BenShahar

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We are not rewarded for enjoying the journey itself but for the successful completion of a journey. Society rewards results, not processes; arrivals, not journeys. #BenShahar — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 18, 2022
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When something does go wrong, we conduct blameless post-mortems, not to punish anyone, but to better understand what caused the accident and how to prevent it. #GeneKim

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When something does go wrong, we conduct blameless post-mortems, not to punish anyone, but to better understand what caused the accident and how to prevent it. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 17, 2022
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What makes a good leader is that they eschew the spotlight in favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to support and protect their people. #SimonSinek

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What makes a good leader is that they eschew the spotlight in favor of spending time and energy to do what they need to do to support and protect their people. #SimonSinek — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 17, 2022
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What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? #RobertSchuller

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What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? #RobertSchuller — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 16, 2022
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A country must be strong enough financially to give its people both a good living standard and protection from outside enemies. #RayDalio

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A country must be strong enough financially to give its people both a good living standard and protection from outside enemies. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2022
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For better or worse, you are on a journey. You are having an adventure--and your map better be accurate. Voluntarily confront what stands in your way. #JordanPeterson

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For better or worse, you are on a journey. You are having an adventure--and your map better be accurate. Voluntarily confront what stands in your way. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2022
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You don't have to do everything yourself, be the best at everything yourself, or even know how to do everything yourself. Your job, as a manager, is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together. #JulieZhuo

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You don't have to do everything yourself, be the best at everything yourself, or even know how to do everything yourself. Your job, as a manager, is to get better outcomes from a group of people working together. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 15, 2022
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Do something for the joy of doing it and pray you won't be punished. #SammyCahn

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Do something for the joy of doing it and pray you won't be punished. #SammyCahn — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 14, 2022
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I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone. #MarilynneRobinson

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I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone. #MarilynneRobinson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2022
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Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you. #RobinSSharma

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Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you. #RobinSSharma — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2022
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It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased. #AdamSmith

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It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 13, 2022
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By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful. #MelZiegler

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By seeing the seed of failure in every success, we remain humble. By seeing the seed of success in every failure we remain hopeful. #MelZiegler — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 12, 2022
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. #EricHoffer

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2022
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Unattainable goals appeal to heroes. #RayDalio

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Unattainable goals appeal to heroes. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2022
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To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. #ArthurSchopenhauer

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To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. #ArthurSchopenhauer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 11, 2022
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Freedom itself demands discomfort. It demands dissatisfaction. Because the freer a society becomes, the more each person will be forced to reckon and compromise with views and lifestyles and ideas that conflict with their own. #MarkManson

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Freedom itself demands discomfort. It demands dissatisfaction. Because the freer a society becomes, the more each person will be forced to reckon and compromise with views and lifestyles and ideas that conflict with their own. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2022
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Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure. #CalebCColton

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Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure. #CalebCColton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2022
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You need to know 1) where you were, so that you do not repeat the mistakes. 2) where you are, to draw a line from your starting point to your destination. 3) where you are going, or you will drown in uncertainty, unpredictability, and chaos, and starve for hope. #JordanPeterson

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You need to know 1) where you were, so that you do not repeat the mistakes. 2) where you are, to draw a line from your starting point to your destination. 3) where you are going, or you will drown in uncertainty, unpredictability, and chaos, and starve for hope. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 10, 2022
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A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones. #LordChesterfield

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A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2022
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To reason about a small team's delivery, you'll have to know about each on-call shift, vacation, and interruption. They are also fragile, with one departure easily moving them from innovation back into toiling to maintain technical debt. #WillLarson

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To reason about a small team's delivery, you'll have to know about each on-call shift, vacation, and interruption. They are also fragile, with one departure easily moving them from innovation back into toiling to maintain technical debt. #WillLarson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2022
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If you can dream it, you can do it. #WaltDisney

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If you can dream it, you can do it. #WaltDisney — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2022
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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. #AdamSmith

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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 7, 2022
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Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo

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Your role as a manager is not to do the work yourself, even if you are the best at it, because that will only take you so far. Your role is to improve the purpose, people, and process of your team to get as high a multiplier effect on your collective outcome as you can #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2022
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You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself. #RobinSSharma

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You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself. #RobinSSharma — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2022
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It's more important to do big things well than to do the small things perfectly. #RayDalio

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It's more important to do big things well than to do the small things perfectly. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 6, 2022
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We believe a good debate brings more ideas and information than we could ever discover without disagreement. For us, an excellent way to determine the robustness of a proposal is to challenge it. #ErinMeyer

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We believe a good debate brings more ideas and information than we could ever discover without disagreement. For us, an excellent way to determine the robustness of a proposal is to challenge it. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 5, 2022
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I don't have time for superficial friends, I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point? #CourtneyCox

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I don't have time for superficial friends, I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point? #CourtneyCox — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2022
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The strongest of all warriors are these two: Time and Patience. #LeoTolstoi

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The strongest of all warriors are these two: Time and Patience. #LeoTolstoi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2022
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Aim at something. Pick the best target you can currently conceptualize. Stumble toward it. Notice your errors and misconceptions along the way, face them, and correct them. Get your story straight. #JordanPeterson

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Aim at something. Pick the best target you can currently conceptualize. Stumble toward it. Notice your errors and misconceptions along the way, face them, and correct them. Get your story straight. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 4, 2022
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. #EricHoffer

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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2022
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The eternal life is given to those who live in the present. #LudwigWittgenstein

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The eternal life is given to those who live in the present. #LudwigWittgenstein — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 3, 2022
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The mental pain, the meaning and emotion we attach to the being struck, the narratives that we spin in our minds about whether we deserved or didn't deserve what happened. In many cases, our mental pain is far worse than any physical pain. #MarkManson

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The mental pain, the meaning and emotion we attach to the being struck, the narratives that we spin in our minds about whether we deserved or didn't deserve what happened. In many cases, our mental pain is far worse than any physical pain. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 2, 2022
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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. #MayaAngelou

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. #MayaAngelou — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 1, 2022
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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate. #JordanPeterson

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We cannot navigate, without something to aim at and, while we are in this world, we must always navigate. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 1, 2022
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