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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 21, 2015
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)  
I'm not judging people, I'm judging their actions. It's the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental.
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Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure, Crime and Punishment, 1992  
The creative person basically has two kinds of jobs: One is the sexy, creative kind. Second is the kind that pays the bills. Sometimes the task in hand covers both bases, but not often. This tense duality will always play center stage. It will never be transcended.
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Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 7. Keep your day job., 08-22-04  
While I am overwhelmingly proud of work that I, believe me, did not do on my own, I can assure you that awards have very little bearing on my own personal happiness, my own sense of well-being and purpose in the world.
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Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010  
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