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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - February 20, 2026
Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you.
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Madame de Tencin  
Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will care for it.
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Jesse Stuart  
Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.
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Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04  
Almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure. These things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
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Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011), Stanford Commencement Address, 2005  
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