Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

James Thurber

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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

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Picasso had a saying -- good artists copy, great artists steal -- and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

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I'm not allowed to run the train
The whistle I can't blow…
I'm not allowed to say how far
The railroad cars can go.
I'm not allowed to choose just where
my thread belongs to go.
I'm not allowed to harp in my post
or to write what I know so well.
I'm not allowed to shoot off steam,
Nor even clang the bell…
But let the damn train jump the track
And see who catches Hell!

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“I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind; and therefore … I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.” -- A. Lincoln, 2/12/1861

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Insecure people have to make excuses and put others down to feel confident. Confidence isn't walking into a room with your nose in the air, and thinking you are better than everyone else, it's walking into a room and not having to compare yourself to anyone in the first place.

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

Vince Lombardi

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"If someone has an issue with you and they're telling everyone except you, they don't have a real issue with you, they just enjoy the attention they get from talking about you."

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