The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. ― Karl Marx

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I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

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One of the many disservices done to young people by our schools and colleges is giving them the puffed up notion that they are in a position to pass sweeping judgments on a world that they have barely begun to experience.

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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

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Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation. — Teresa Amabile

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The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

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I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.

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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. – Michael Jordan

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. — Maya Angelou

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