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• Of course, tax revenues have ended up being substantially higher than they were at the time these dire projections were made, and we are very close now to having a balanced budget. All that has been very helpful.

  Charles M. Vest

  Made, Taxes, Revenue

  "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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• People can't relate to someone who only talks about their successes.

  Jeremy Schoemaker

  People, Marketing, Relate

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• People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.

  Andy Stanley

  Long, People, Church

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• You want to understand the smallest feature set customers will pay for in the first release.

  Patrick Vlaskovits

  Marketing, Want, Pay

  Brant Cooper, Patrick Vlaskovits (2010). “The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development: A Cheat Sheet to the Four Steps to the Epiphany”, p.39, CustDev

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• I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even more than being healthy, we want to feel free and in control, and as soon as somebody tells us to do something, there's a tendency to do just the opposite.

  Dean Ornish

  Opposites, Healthy, Want

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• Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.

  Randall Munroe

  Writing, Office, House

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• A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

  Marcus Mumford

  Book, Mind, Sponges

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• In meditation we get a sense of the countless selves within ourselves, the different forms they take. Those that don't seem positive or helpful we push aside. Those that seem progressive we enjoy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Self, Meditation

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• It's a good thing to feel like you have to prove something

  Lauren Conrad

  Addiction, Like You, Good Things

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• If you pursue meditation with a non-competitive attitude, with a hopeful and helpful attitude, without violence, then you will find that you will become a very benign and powerful being, one who is at peace with himself and the universe.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Attitude, Buddhism

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• When it comes to mountains there are two kinds of people; those who walk half way up & quit & those who conquer it which one are you?

  Ricardo Viana Vargas

  Two, People, Addiction

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• ...methods are more important than facts. The educational value of a problem given to a student depends mostly on how often the thought processes that are invoked to solve it will be helpful in later situations. It has little to do with how useful the answer to the problem may be. On the other hand, a good problem must also motivate the students; they should be interested in seeing the answer. Since students differ so greatly, I cannot expect everyone to like the problems that please me.

  Donald Knuth

  Educational, Learning, Hands

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• The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a gap to fill, for we live in the midst of falsehood, and we are always apt to be carried away by this world of falsehood. Therefore we must never think we are sincere enough, and we must always be on our guard against influences which may carry us away from that sincerity which is the bridge between ourselves and our ideal. No study, no meditation is more helpful than sincerity itself.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Thinking, Bridges, Meditation

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• Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as you are in that moment, a way of saying, "This is my experience right now, and it's okay." Then go into the next moment without any agenda.

  Pema Chodron

  Heart, Hands, Mindfulness

  Pema Chodron (2012). “Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change”, p.72, Shambhala Publications

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• You know, this dialogue is only helpful when we come, both of us, to a point where we realize that no dialogue is possible, that no dialogue is necessary. When I say understanding or seeing, they mean something different to me. Understanding is a state of being where the question isn't there any more. There is nothing there that says, "Now I understand!" That's the basic difficulty between us. By understanding what I am saying, you are not going to get anywhere.

  U.G. Krishnamurti

  Mean, Understanding, Different

  "The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U. G. Krishnamurti".

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• Well I'm not just gon' go and do rap songs. I wanna touch, and maybe help, and see what I can do in these areas.' As I start looking around me, looking at things in ways that I can become helpful, starting at the first thing, water. Something as simple as water.

  Jay-Z

  Song, Rap, Simple

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• The reason statins are so helpful is that even those who are trying their best to reach their target and still can't do it have something else to rely on.

  Antonio Gotto

  Trying, Target, Reason

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• The most important thing to remember is you must know your audience.

  Lewis Howes

  Marketing, Important, Remember

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• To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration. Any sympathetic letter from you will be helpful to me here to get a scholarship.

  Srinivasa Ramanujan

  Food, Science, Brain

  Srinivasa Ramanujan (2015). “Collected Papers of Srinivasa Ramanujan”, p.15, Cambridge University Press

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• I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

  Nick Rhodes

  Eyeliner

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• The most helpful piece of advice that I could give to anybody is to select a charity, or create a charity, that you really feel passionate about and if you do, don't give up.

  Evelyn Lauder

  Giving Up, Don't Give Up, Advice

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• I have been taking some classes in woodworking. It's really helpful just looking at a problem, and having a very tangible way in constructing it.

  Luke Kirby

  Class, Woodworking, Tangible

  "Luke Kirby’s Character Curveball". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 16, 2012.

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• Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

  B. C. Forbes

  Generosity, Joy, Selfishness

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• As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.But, we can go too far. We can hoard responsibility and overlook the role others play. We can kick ourselves when we're down. How many times have you felt lousy about something, only to get mad at yourself for feeling lousy?

  Laurie Helgoe

  Responsibility, Worst Enemy, Play

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• I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals.

  Joan Halifax

  Buddhism, Years, People

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