No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.

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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails

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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. — J. Paul Getty

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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

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Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

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Life, in all its uniqueness, would not be life without the negatives and the positives. - Jim Rohn

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

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If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.

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