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The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies. Neil Gaiman

Imagination Muscle

Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner. Neil Gaiman

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Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country. They can compromise our security. They can undermine democracy. They can cause the deaths of those that defend us. Pamela Meyer

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Clowning is a trick to get love close. I can hug 99 percent of people in the first second of contact if I'm in my clown character. The clown assumes your humanity. It assumes that, whatever trauma you've had, you can still love yourself. Patch Adams

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You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you're incapable of... If you think you're incapable of running a company, make that your aim... Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible. Paul Arden

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I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself. Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Myself Me No-One Know Stop Really Help

I think a common misconception about a small town in rural America is that everyone believes the same way, and nothing could be further from the truth. Ree Drummond

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Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service. Robert Collier

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Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood. Robert Fulghum

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Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces. Robert Kiyosaki

Happy People Faceless Faces Most Being Average Sea

Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell you exactly which stock or mutual fund is a great investment, they tell you to buy a bunch of them. Robert Kiyosaki

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All empires come to an end, and the American one is no exception. Robert Kiyosaki

No Exception Exception Empires Come End American

Assets put money in your pocket, whether you work or not, and liabilities take money from your pocket. Robert Kiyosaki

Work You Money Pocket Take Put Whether Your Assets

There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air. Rudolfo Anaya

Time Few Autumn Air Summer Days Fills Last

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment. Ryan Holiday

Disappointment Rarely Only Perfection Perfectionism Begets Satisfaction

My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that. Sam Harris

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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply. Sam Harris

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As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death. Sam Harris

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On the subject of religious belief, we relax standards of reasonableness and evidence that we rely on in every other area of our lives. We relax so totally that people believe the most ludicrous propositions, and are willing to organize their lives around them. Sam Harris

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Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. Sam Levenson

Be Happy Happy Try Starts Just Wanting Happier Unhappiness

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