“There are six basic human needs certainty, uncertainty, significance, love, growth and giving”
– Anthony Robbins
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You can’t do that – James Altucher
“This is a cliché, but never listen to anyone who says “You can’t do that”. Those are usually the people who can’t do it. Not you.”
– James Altucher
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Forget – Chuck Palahniuk
“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”
– Chuck Palahniuk
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Not having an opinion – Paul Ford
“You don’t need to make a judgment. I know that doesn’t sound like liberation, because we live and work in an opinion-based economy. But it is. Not having an opinion means not having an obligation. And not being obligated is one of the sweetest of life’s riches.”
– Paul Ford
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Remember ― Edward St. Aubyn
“People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.”
― Edward St. Aubyn
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Last and first – Leonardo Da Vinci
“Putting your hand into a river, you simultaneously touch the last of what is passing and the first of what is coming.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
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Freedom – Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
– Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
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Pessimism – Tony Benn
“Pessimism is the prison you put yourself in, hope is the means of escape”
– Tony Benn
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Give – Schopenhauer
“To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.”
– Schopenhauer
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Egoist – Ambrose Bierce
“Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.”
– Ambrose Bierce
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Immigrants – Unknown
“Your car is German. Your vodka is Russian. Your pizza is Italian. Your kebab is Turkish. Your democracy is Greek. Your coffee is Brazilian. Your movies are American. Your tea is Tamil. Your shirt is Indian. Your oil is Saudi Arabian. Your electronics are Chinese. Your numbers Arabic, your letters Latin. And you complain that your neighbor is an immigrant? Pull yourself together.”
– Unknown
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Wonder – Socrates
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
– Socrates
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Controversy – Paul Graham
“Controversy is the junk food of ideas.”
– Paul Graham
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Dig – Matisyahu
“I can show you where to dig, and what to dig for, but the digging you must do for yourself.”
– Matisyahu
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Experiences – Saint Augustine
“The words here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.”
– Saint Augustine