I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit – Aristotle

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You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou

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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary – Vidal Sassoon

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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going – Beverly Sills

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Christmas is a piece of one’s home that one carries in one’s heart. – Freya Stark

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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing – Walt Disney Company

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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. – Harry Golden

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I had a schoolmaster who was a supernumerary at Glyndebourne Opera, and through ,I got a job as a walk-on in Peter Hall's production of 'Don Giovanni' there in 1975 or 1976. - Richard McCabe

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It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit – Harry S. Truman

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