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You have to want weight-loss success so badly that no mountain, river, or ocean could keep you from reaching your goals. If you have that drive, passion, and commitment, there is no way you won’t get there.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.: Erica Jong
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A witty saying proves nothing.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.: Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893), act III
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The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.: J. Arthur Thomson
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things - a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.: John Grogan, Marley and Me, 2005
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Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.: Emile Coue (1857 - 1926)
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despairâ€“the sense that you can never completely put on the page whatâ€™s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.: Stephen King (1947 - ), On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000
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I never know how much of what I say is true.: Bette Midler (1945 - )
That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better.: Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
It's never too late to be who you might have been.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.: Jean Kerr
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.: David M. Ogilvy
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