I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long. ― Joseph Heller

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We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. ― Carlos Castaneda

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Economists and workplace consultants regard it as almost unquestioned dogma that people are motivated by rewards, so they don't feel the need to test this. It has the status more of religious truth than scientific hypothesis. The facts are absolutely clear. There is no question that in virtually all circumstances in which people are doing things in order to get rewards, extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation.The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. — Albert Einstein

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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never. ― Toni Morrison

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Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. -Mattie Stepanek

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Nothing can make injustice just but mercy. ― Robert Frost

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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. -Saint Francis de Sales

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This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. -- Susan Polis Schutz

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There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.― Linda Grayson

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Nothing but water -- an ever-moving swell; nothing but waves, swiftly forming and instantly dying; nothing but depths; dark, fathomless depths; and nothing but sky, scudding white clouds, puffy and intangible. This was the living world, nothing besides, nothing else but sea. No winter or summer, no hills or ravines.

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