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  One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.

  Justin Timberlake

  Careers, Musical, Sound

  "For the record: quick news on distributed, o-tow, Guns N'Roses, Madonna, Simple Plan, Jack Johnson & more", www.mtv.com. November 07, 2003.

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• The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Couple, Past, Years

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• The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things to come, with agreeing and harmonious voice.

  Lactantius

  Voice, Prophet, Filled

  Lactantius, Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (1871). “The Works of Lactantius”, p.10

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• In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

  Larry Niven

  Pops, Knows

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• In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

  Lukas Foss

  Art, Ideas, Century

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• Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.

  Madeleine Stowe

  Thinking, Eclectic Style, Different

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• I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.

  Major Taylor

  Athlete, Long, Champion

  Major Taylor (1928). “The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds; an Autobiography”

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• Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.

  Michael N. Castle

  School, Example, Way

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• I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

  Neil Diamond

  Attitude, Perfection, Different

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• I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.

  Picabo Street

  Needs

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• Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

  Shelby Foote

  Book, Ifs

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• I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording, there will always be a great inspiration for somebody to try to create jazz.

  Sonny Rollins

  Thinking, Long, People

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• Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.

  Wislawa Szymborska

  Ethos, Groups, May

  Wislawa Szymborska (2015). “Poems New and Collected”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two times-but never three.

  Robert Motherwell

  Block, Two, Three

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• I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.

  Grandma Moses

  Forget Everything, People, Painting

  "Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101; Primitive Artist 'Just Wore Out'". The New York Times Obituary, archive.nytimes.com. December 14, 1961.

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• For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must be dedicated to patient research ...To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting.

  Pope John Paul II

  Faith, Children, Book

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• Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Long Distance Relationship

  "By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept". Book by aulo Coelho, 1994.

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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Friendship, Success

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  A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Leadership, Character

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.50, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014

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• Don't tell me the sky's the limit.

  Paul Brandt

  Inspirational, Moon, Sky

  Song: There's A World Out There, Album: That's the Truth, 1999

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• You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

  Malcolm X

  Peace, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Speech in New York City, January 7, 1965.

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• If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

  Rene Descartes

  Life, Truth, Real

  "Principles of Philosophy". Book by Rene Descartes, 1644.

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