Dearer to me than a host of base truths is the illusion that exalts.

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Fear is an illusion. You think something is standing in your way, but nothing is really there. What is there is an opportunity to do your best and gain some success. — Michael Jordan

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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. -George Bernard Shaw

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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ― George Bernard Shaw

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.

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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ― George Bernard Shaw

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ― George Bernard Shaw

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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. ― George Bernard Shaw

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