It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see. Henry David Thoreau

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Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. – Georg W. F. Hegel

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The beginning of genius is being scared shitless.

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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.- Oscar Wilde

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There is nothing wrong with being afraid – but there is nothing more wrong than allowing that to be your master. – Bobby Darin

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All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't. ― Marilyn Monroe

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Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. —Calvin Coolidge

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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

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Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else. -- Judy Garland

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain

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