How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.

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When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done. - Stephen King

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If you look - look at - I mean, look at what's going on with your gasoline prices. They're going to go to $5, $6, $7 and we don't have anybody in Washington that calls OPEC and says, 'Fellas, it's time. It's over. You're not going to do it anymore.'-Donald Trump

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The most propagandistic element of 'Frozen' was the transformation of the prince at the beginning of the story, who was a perfectly good guy, into a villain with no character development whatsoever about three-quarters of the way to the ending. -Jordan Peterson

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Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick? ― Markus Zusak

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Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.- Donald Trump

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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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Story = Character + Predicament + Attempted Extrication. - Jonathan Gottschall

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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.― H.L. Mencken

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You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.

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