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“Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.”

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Simon Van Booy

Simon Van Booy is a British writer born in 1975. His works are known for their concise language and profound emotions, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Grief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't mean it doesn't rip your heart out....In great grief, there's an incredible love in it. In love there's a tinge of bitter. In true love. My teacher used to say 'all love is bittersweet'. All things experienced fully, reveal their opposite.”

Heart Mean Used Hurt Love Is Grief Grace Teacher All Things Opposites Incredibles Bitter Rip Bittersweet

Author:Adyashanti

“Whether the author intended a symbolic resonance to exist in her book is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it's there. Because the book does not exist for the benefit of the author, the book exists for the benefit of YOU. If we as readers can have a bigger and richer experience with the world as a result of reading a symbol and that symbol wasn't intended by the author, WE STILL WIN.”

Ifs World Doe Stills Book Matter Reading Winning Results Reader Benefits Bigger Symbols Irrelevant Symbolic Resonance

Author:John Green

“The only thing that everyone needs to look out for is keeping the students reading through high school and thereafter.”

Needs Looks School Reading Students High School

Author:Dave Eggers

“I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese.”

Knows Feels Language Wish Stupid Chinese Foreign Language

Author:Bill Gates

“Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.”

Children Form Hate Teaching Taught Prejudice Bullying

Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

“Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.”

Born Love Is Great Love Great Knowledge

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.”

One Thing Beloved Country Cry The Beloved Country

Book:Cry, the Beloved Country

Source: Cry, the Beloved Country

“The history of a revolution is for us first of all a history of the forcible entrance of the masses into the realm of rulership over their own destiny.”

Firsts Destiny Revolution Mass Realms Entrances Rulership

Book:History of the Russian Revolution

Source: History of the Russian Revolution

“I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way.”

Way Needs Hard Pay Steps Careers Taught Hard Work Pride Grew Lessons Every Step Working Very Hard

Author:Trey Songz

“Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.”

Universe Water Ocean Cups Whales

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

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