Be your own motivation. — Jon Jones

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Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes. ― Liza Wiemer

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You are the artist of your own life. Sketch it well.

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At any given moment you have the power to say ‘This is not how the story is going to end. — Christine Mason Miller

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When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me. - Rik Mayall

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Since September 11, it seems to me that never in our lifetime, except possibly in the early stages of World War II, has it been clearer that we have as a source of strength, a source of direction, a source of inspiration - our story. — David McCullough

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We make our own hell out of the people around us.

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A great story is true. Not necessarily because it’s factual, but because it’s consistent and authentic. – Seth Godin

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You don’t actually have to write anything until you’ve thought it out. This is an enormous relief, and you can sit there searching for the point at which the story becomes a toboggan and starts to slide. - Marie de Nervaud

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To go wrong in one’s own way is better then to go right in someone else’s. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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