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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - October 6, 2026
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)  
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)  
The less serious your job, the more seriously you must take it.
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John Green (1977 - ), Hollywood, Ending, 2026  
All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.
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M. C. Richards  

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