It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. — Herman Melville

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Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ― Bonnie Blair

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It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

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When you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while. — Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Surround yourself with positive people. — Rod Rohrich

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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. — Dr. Seuss

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I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.

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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. – Andre Gide

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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. — Zig Ziglar

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It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection. — Elizabeth Gilbert

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