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• All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

  Publilius Syrus

  Procrastination, Doe, Delay

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• If for some reason you are unsure where to go, all you have to do is stand there looking lost, and within seconds a helpful New Yorker will approach to see if you have any "spare" change.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, New York, Humorous

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.66, Ballantine Books

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• Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.

  Adam Gopnik

  Father, Writing, Alcohol

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• Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been there, you know the signs don't tell you the exit you're coming up to, they only point out the exits you've just missed.

  Neal Shusterman

  Travel, Exit, Jersey

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• When I was a Republican governor, he was obviously a Democratic president, but on issue after issue after issue, President Obama was very helpful to us in education, in the environment, with the handling of the BP oil spill.

  Charlie Crist

  Oil, Issues, President

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• Independent thinking is not just helpful in becoming a successful investor, it’s required.

  Whitney Tilson

  Independent, Successful, Thinking

  Whitney Tilson, Glenn Tongue (2009). “More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times”, p.138, John Wiley & Sons

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• I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, Thinking, Sometimes

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• Keep out of your mind, and out of your office, and out of your world, every element that seeks admittance with no definite, helpful, useful end in view.

  George Matthew Adams

  Doors, Views, Mind

  "Up: A Little Book of Talks on how to Wake Up, Get Up, Think Up, Climb Up, Smile Up, Cheer Up, Work Up, Look Up, Help Up, Grow Up!".

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• I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.

  Hugo Weaving

  Believe, People, Understanding

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• The body needs the rejuvenation that comes from exercise. Walking in the fresh air can be exhilarating and refreshing. Properly directed running can also have some beneficial effects. Simple sit-ups or sports activities can also be helpful.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Sports, Running, Exercise

  Ezra Taft Benson (1983). “Come unto Christ”, Deseret Book Co

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• It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give yourself a mental credit for each of them, however small. This will help you focus on what you have done instead of what you haven't gotten around to do. It may sound simplistic, but it works.

  David D. Burns

  Giving, Focus, Sound

  David D. Burns (1980). “Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy”

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• One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others? weaknesses and fault. Kindness is extended to all--to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of stations as well as the high.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Kindness, Animal, Feelings

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

  Adrien Brody

  Life Changing, Winning, Men

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

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• There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.

  Vash Young

  Rivers, Loud, Found

  Vash Young (2009). “A Fortune to Share”, p.11, Lulu.com

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• It is truly excellent to have someone believe in you and your ability to write. But I think it is just as helpful to have people who don't believe in you, people who mock you, people who doubt you, people who enrage you. Fortunately, there is never a shortage of this type of person in the world ... write for yourself. Write for the story. And write, also, for all of the people who doubt you. Write for all those people who are not brave enough to do this grand and wondrous thing themselves. Let them motivate you.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Believe, Writing, Thinking

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• Fear is a message - sometimes helpful, sometimes not - but often conveying critical information about our beliefs, our needs, and our relationship to the world around us.

  Harriet Lerner

  Fear, Needs, World

  Harriet Lerner (2009). “The Dance of Fear: Rising Above Anxiety, Fear, and Shame to Be Your Best and Bravest Self”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Within seconds thoughts become words that slip off our tongue and into the world. Pausing before we speak may seem cumbersome, but it allows us to decide: Is this helpful? Does this need to be said now? What is the best way to say this?

  David Jeremiah

  Wisdom, Doe, Needs

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• Dr. Phil was very helpful and caring. I believe he helped all of us there and watching how to better relate, understand, and communicate with our families and loved ones. Dr. Phil recommended reading my new book.

  Louie Anderson

  Believe, Book, Reading

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• In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack.

  Chris Hadfield

  Views, Advice, Criticism

  Chris Hadfield (2013). “An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

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• I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out the future, too.

  Peter Gay

  Strong, Past, Work Out

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• Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.

  Derek Sivers

  Dream, Marketing, Shocking

  Derek Sivers (2015). “Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur”, p.8, Penguin

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• One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce events in pairs and lean them against each other like cards. I suppose if you a playing go or shogi, then such a thing might be helpful, but that is not life.

  Jesse Ball

  Might, Pairs, Events

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• Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner.

  Napoleon Hill

  Hero, Ideas, Worship

  Napoleon Hill (2007). “The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity”, p.81, Penguin

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• While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general gossip of your thoughts. This traffic of your thoughts and the verbosity of your mind are simply part of the basic chatter that goes on in the universe. Just let it go through.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Gossip, Mind, Let It Go

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• One has to taste an experience for oneself and find out if the thing is genuine or helpful. Then, before discarding something, one has to go further, so that one gets firsthand experience.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Experience, Taste, Genuine

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