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• Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Golf, Skills

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• I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.

  Jean Houston

  Life, God, Believe

  Jean Houston (1996). “A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story”, Harpercollins

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• As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Motivation, Inspiration

  "Can Anyone Learn To Be A Master Memorizer?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 24, 2013.

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• It's happened many times before. Usually it results in an exceptional and gifted human. Some of the greatest figures in Earth's history were actually the product of humans and the Loric, including Buddha, Aristotle, Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein... Aprodite, Apollo, Hermes, and Zeus were all real, and had one Loric parent

  Pittacus Lore

  Real, Parent, Apollo

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• Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.

  Mary Elizabeth Braddon

  Winning, Doe, Rewards

  "Dead-sea Fruit".

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• If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Keys

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 09, 2017

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• Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Marketing, Wages

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 19, 2017

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• The position of the Americans is quite exceptional, and it may be believed that no democratic people will ever be placed in a similar one.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  People, May, Democratic

  Alexis de Tocqueville (2003). “Democracy in America”, p.440, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• In organizations where nothing much happens regardless of whether you do something exceptional or just show up in the morning, the best people lose heart and motivation is reduced near the lowest common denominator.

  Judith M Bardwick

  Morning, Motivation, Heart

  Judith M. Bardwick (1995). “Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business”, p.5, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

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• A towering theoretical achievement of exceptional elegance...Like most great books, Sociobiology is unpedantic, lucid, and eminently accessible.

  Pierre L. van den Berghe

  Book, Achievement, Elegance

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• Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

  Stella Young

  Thinking, Knowing, Doe

  ""I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much"". TED Talk, www.ted.com. April 2014.

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• We love and understand talent; we wish it be within us. The truly gifted, those exceptional few, must wait for the world to catch up.

  John Donne

  Waiting, Wish, Genius

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• You cannot make progress without making decisions.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Decisions You Make, Progress

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jan 10, 2017

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• Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

  Carol S. Dweck

  People, Future Success, Setback

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• Kate Bernheimer's fiction offers a unique and delicate gift, the tempting mirage of a grace that constantly escapes. The Complete Tales of Merry Gold is an exceptional, lovely book, beautifully enigmatic, speaking a language that mysteriously evokes the unspoken.

  Lydia Millet

  Book, Unique, Grace

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• I think that, regardless of our culture, age, or even personal handicaps, we can still strive for something exceptional. Why not expand our sights instead of restricting our lives and accepting the lowest common denominator of a dormant existence? Faith. . . will permit us to take a chance on a new path, perhaps different from the one we now follow. It may be surprising where it leads.

  Jimmy Carter

  Faith, Thinking, Sight

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• H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world.

  Alber Elbaz

  Dream, Philosophy, Exercise

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• I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent.

  Jackie Gleason

  Humility, Use, Talent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One thing that America is objectively exceptional at is overreacting whenever anyone accuses them of not being exceptional.

  John Oliver

  America, One Thing

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• We have an exceptional natural wealth that is environmentally friendly.

  Raymond Bachand

  Friendly, Wealth, Natural

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• In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low.

  Aldous Huxley

  Book, Writing, Reality

  "The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley".

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• A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this, and we have now to regard it from another side.

  Andrew Coyle Bradley

  Men, Tragedy, Stories

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• What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more than persistent endeavor.

  Pauli Murray

  Endeavor, Ability, Persistent

  Pauli Murray (1987). “Song in a weary throat: an American pilgrimage”, Harpercollins

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• One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters together! This was due partly to his engaging personality and distinguished appearance: he was one of those exceptional people who at once stand out in a crowd.

  Fred Reinfeld

  Player, Greatness, Names

  Fred Reinfeld (2012). “The Immortal Games of Capablanca”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• From my perspective, what I'm really focused on, is making sure that, for the broadest number of Americans possible, limited government and free enterprise, the principles that have truly helped build our country into an exceptional one, is one that is being sold to and appeals to the broadest number of Americans.

  Marco Rubio

  Country, Government, Numbers

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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