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    The consciousness of being deemed dead, is next to the presumable unpleasantness of being so in reality. One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.

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Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

by Coco Chanel Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.

by John Dewey Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.

Consumers are statistics. Customers are people.

by Stanley Marcus Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.

by Walter Bagehot Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).

My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I have
chosen to be. (from James Allen).

by Wayne Dyer Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really
believe, your mind will find the ways read more

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really
believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves
the way to solution.

by David Schwartz Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has read more

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.

by Margaret Fuller Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

All you need to do is hold on tight...and believe.

by Stephen King Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

by Leonard Cohen Found in: Inspirational Quotes,
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