Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

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Energy and persistence conquer all things. - Benjamin Franklin

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A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. ― Tom Stoppard

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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I know that I'm not perfect, but you are. Happy Valentine's Day! ― Anthony T. Hincks

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Tomaso of Florence. known as Masaccio, showed by his perfect works how those who took their nourishment from anything but nature, mistress of masters, were laboring in vain. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. - Winston Churchill

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Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe.

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Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Grit is that ‘extra something' that separates the most successful people from the rest. It's the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality. - Travis Bradberry

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