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Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at
them in our turn? -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813
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Carl Jung, Aion, 1951
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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not
know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows
what it is not. -Carl Jung, Aion, 1951
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Pearl S. Buck, What America Means to Me, 1942
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Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can
be recalled and perhaps remedied. -Pearl S. Buck, What America
Means to Me, 1942
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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, inscribed on the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site (New York)
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The only one who makes no mistakes is one
who never does anything!
-Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, inscribed on the Theodore
Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site (New York)
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Jane Austen, Emma, 1815
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But after all the punishment that misconduct can bring, it is still not
less misconduct. Pain is no expiation. -Jane Austen, Emma, 1815
Work Quotes
Andy Warhol, From A to B and Back Again, 1975
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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation
of "work," because I think that just being
alive is so much work at something you don't
always want to do ... The machinery is always
going. Even when you sleep.
-Andy Warhol, From A to B and Back Again, 1975
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Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, 1949
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For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a
nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out
there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine .... A salesman is
got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory. -Arthur Miller, Death
of a Salesman, 1949
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Gloria Steinem, quoted by John Brady, Writer's Digest (Cincinnati), 1974
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The definition of women's work is shitwork. -Gloria Steinem, quoted
by John Brady, Writer's Digest (Cincinnati), 1974
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Maria Edgeworth, Harry and Lucy, 1801
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, / All play and no work
makes Jack a mere toy. -Maria Edgeworth, Harry and Lucy, 1801
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Joanna Baillie, "Rhymes," Fugitive Verses, 1790
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Busy work brings after ease; / Ease brings sport and sport brings rest;
/ For young and old, of all degrees, / The mingled lot is best. -Joanna
Baillie, "Rhymes," Fugitive Verses, 1790
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Anita Roddick, Body and Soul, 1991
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You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you
have to live the message. What I have learned is that people become
motivated when you guide them to the source of their own power and
when you make heroes out of employees who personify what you want
to see in the organization. -Anita Roddick, Body and Soul, 1991
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Fred Allen, Treadmill to Oblivion, 1954
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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive
who comes to work at 9 a.m.and finds a
molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m.
to make this molehill into a mountain. An
accomplished molehill man will often have his
mountain finished before lunch.
-Fred Allen, Treadmill to Oblivion, 1954
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Fred Allen, radio show
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Committee-a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a
group decide that nothing can be done. -Fred Allen, radio show
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Woody Allen, Take the Money and Run, 1968
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I think crime pays. The hours are good, you
meet a lot of interesting people, you travel a lot.
-Woody Allen, Take the Money and Run, 1968
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Marilyn Monroe, "Acting," Marilyn Monroe In Her Own Words, 1990
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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. I seem to have
a whole superstructure with no foundation-but I'm working on the
foundation. -Marilyn Monroe, "Acting," Marilyn Monroe In Her Own
Words, 1990
George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1871-1872
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Failure after long perseverance is much
grander than never to have a striving good
enough to be called a failure.
-George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1871-1872
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Mae West, My Little Chickadee, 1940
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. -Mae West, My
Little Chickadee, 1940
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Ruth Gordon, Years Ago, 1946
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I got anything I want to have; but I'll never have anything at all if trou-ble makes me go and give up! -Ruth Gordon, Years Ago, 1946
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Barbara Ehrenreich, "Wimps," The Worst Years of Our Lives, 1991
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Someone has to stand up for wimps. -Barbara Ehrenreich, "Wimps,"
The Worst Years of Our Lives, 1991
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Garrison Keilor, "When I'm 64," Salon.com, 8 August 2006
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Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten
is Minnesota and North Dakota. -Garrison Keilor, "When I'm 64,"
Salon.com, 8 August 2006
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Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982
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But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.
-Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982
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Carl Jung, "The Transcendent Function" (1916), The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, R. F. C. Hull, tr., 1960
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. -Carl Jung,
"The Transcendent Function" (1916), The Structure and Dynamics of the
Psyche, R. F. C. Hull, tr., 1960
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Molière, Les Précieuses Ridicules, 1659
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I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.
-Molière, Les Précieuses Ridicules, 1659
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Isadora Duncan, curtain speech, Symphony Hall (Boston), 1922
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You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you! -Isadora Duncan,
curtain speech, Symphony Hall (Boston), 1922
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Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen," The Language of the Night, 1979
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The worst walls are never the ones you find in your way. The worst
walls are the ones you put there-you build yourself. Those are the high
ones, the thick ones, the ones with no doors in. -Ursula K. Le Guin,
"The Stone Ax and the Muskoxen," The Language of the Night, 1979
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Rudyard Kipling, "If-," Reward and Fairies, 1910
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If you can keep your head when all about you / Are losing theirs-and
blaming it on you. -Rudyard Kipling, "If-," Reward and Fairies, 1910
Emily Dickinson, No. 67, Poems, Johnson
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Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne'er succeed. -Emily
Dickinson, No. 67, Poems, Johnson
James Carville, motto
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When your opponent is drowning, throw the
son of a bitch an anvil.
-James Carville, motto
Annie Sullivan, letter (1887), quoted by Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1903
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... People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most
insignificant success is achieved. -Annie Sullivan, letter (1887), quoted
by Helen Keller, The Story of My Life, 1903
George Sand, The Marquise, 1869
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My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained
obscure; I have done worse-I have touched success, and allowed it to
escape me. -George Sand, The Marquise, 1869
John Lennon, Lennon Remembers, Jann Wenner, ed., 1970
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You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles
are the biggest bastards on earth. -John Lennon, Lennon Remembers,
Jann Wenner, ed., 1970
Oprah Winfrey, quoted by Robert Waldron, Oprah!, 1987
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The great thing about attaining some level of success in your life is
being spiritually in a place where you accept it and feel good about it ...
and not be afraid that tomorrow it's going to end. -Oprah Winfrey,
quoted by Robert Waldron, Oprah!, 1987
William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610
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We are such stuff / As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is
rounded with a sleep. -William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1610
Jesse Jackson, address, Democratic National Convention (Chicago), 26 August 1996
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Burdens shared are easier to bear.
-Jesse Jackson, address, Democratic National Convention
(Chicago), 26 August 1996
Langston Hughes, "Harlem," A Dream Deferred, 1951
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What happens to a dream deferred? / / Does it dry up / like a raisin in
the sun? -Langston Hughes, "Harlem," A Dream Deferred, 1951
Famous Chocolate Quotes IIAnonymous
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"Forget love ... I'd rather fall in chocolate!" - Anonymous
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"Love
is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you
by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time." - Anonymous
Linda Grayson
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"There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate." - Linda Grayson
Unknown
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I have this theory that chocolate slows down the aging process .... It may not be true, but do I dare take the chance?
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Michael Levine, nutrition researcher
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Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world's perfect food.
Michael Levine, nutrition researcher, as quoted in The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars
Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
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All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!
Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Terry Moore
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The 12-step chocoholics program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!
Terry Moore
'Betty Crocker'
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And above all ... Think Chocolate!
'Betty Crocker'
Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) in Star Trek: The Next Generation
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I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) in Star Trek: The Next Generation
We believe this is from Gina Hayes
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Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put 'eat chocolate.' Now, you'll get at least one thing done today.
We believe this is from Gina Hayes
Famous Motivational Quotes IIIMiguel de Cervantes
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Never stand begging for
something that you have the
power to earn
Henry Ford
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There isn't a person anywhere
that isn't capable of doing more
than he thinks he can.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Men succeed when they realize
that their failures are the
preparation for their victories.
Joan Lunden
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Remove failure as an option.
Norman Vincent Peale
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Believe in yourself! Have faith in
your abilities! Without a humble,
but reasonable confidence in your
own powers, you cannot be
successful or happy
Phyllis Bottoms
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There are two ways of meeting
difficulties: you can alter the
difficulties, or you can alter
yourself to meet the difficulties.
- Phyllis Bottoms
Mary Kay Ash
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Don't limit yourself. Many people
limit themselves to what they think
they can do. You can go as far as
your mind lets you. What you
believe, you can achieve!
Francis of Assisi
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Start by doing what is necessary,
then what is possible, and
suddenly you are doing the
impossible
Vince Lombardi
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nce a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest
strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power.
Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him
short of success.
Effie Jones
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Failing to plan is planning
to fail.
Famous Motivational Quotes
Madeline L'Engle
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Nothing is hopeless; we must hope
for everything
Zadok Rabinowitz
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A man's dreams are an index to
his greatness
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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What we must decide is how we
are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.
Madeline L'Engle
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Nothing is hopeless; we must hope
for everything.
Zadok Rabinowitz
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A man's dreams are an index to
his greatness
Charles Schwab
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A man can succeed at almost
anything for which he has
unlimited enthusiasm
Mary Kay Ashe
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A mediocre idea that generates
enthusiasm will go farther than a
great idea that inspires no one
Anthony Robbins
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What would you attempt if you
knew you could not fail?
William Boetcke
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The individual activity of one
man with a backbone will do
more than a thousand men
with a mere wish bone
Michael Korda
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To succeed it is necessary to
accept the world as it is and
rise above it.
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