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The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom.


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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.




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Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day



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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.



Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.

Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.



You sacrificed for us - you're the real MVP.

You sacrificed for us - you're the real MVP.



So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.



A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.



The future never just happened. It was created.

The future never just happened. It was created.



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In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.





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