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“Don't seek reward and recognition for your art. The Purpose of art is not to earn fame or material assets. Those are byproducts. Your art is simply the way you express yourself. It must always be a selfless offering from you, in gratitude, to Creation - for having blessed you with a spiritual talent. So, stop yearning for 'Likes', followers and virality. Instead, pour your heart into creating more art. When your art is world-class, when it is unputdownable, money always follows. And true fame comes only from immortality; when your art lives on after you, inspiring future generations.”

“Don’t seem right, do it?” said Topper. “It ain’t right,” replied Fin. “Not at all.” Jack guzzled his wine and wiped at his beard. “Mayhap it’s right and we can’t see it...” Topper scratched his bald head and hummed in thought. “Still don’t seem right,” he proclaimed when he’d hummed enough. Jack dropped his flagon to the deck and it rolled away clattering. “Yeah, well, what seems ain’t always what is.”

“Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell. A lot of people sell homes. They all have structure. Location, size, style, function, benefit, community, who stays (and leaves)...totally different. You can sell or do anything at a premium. It may be a home, but the type of clientele you work with is a choice. Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell. Go to work.”

“Don't sell the warmer for an air conditioner just because its summer, for in winter, you will have to do the reverse.”

“Don't sell these people short," I said to her. "They've all been through a lot. Take Mrs. Chou, for example, the lady who lives in back of you. She's been married four times. Her present husband and the three before him were in the same squadron - they were all good friends to begin with. When one died the next took over, and so on, one by one. Sort of an understanding, you see, so that there would always be someone to take care of her. And Mrs. Hsu across the street from you, her husband used to be her younger brother-in-law. The Hsu brothers were both in the Thirteenth Group. The older brother got killed, and the younger brother took his place. To the children by her first husband he's Uncle, and at the same time he's Papa; for a long time they just didn't know what to call him." "But how can they still talk and laugh like that?" Verdancy looked at me in bewilderment. "My dear girl?" I laughed. "If they don't laugh, what do you expect them to do, cry? If they wanted to cry, they wouldn't have waited till now.”

“Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.”

“Don’t set your own goals by what other people make important.”

“Don't settle for a star when you can have the whole sky.”

“Don’t settle for living mediocre. Focus on all the positive and embrace it. Ignore the negative and be thankful for every single day.”

“Don't shame him! Your father is very proud. You don't know this, but he graduated from the best college in Korea, the very top, and he doesn't need to talk about selling fruits and vegetables. It's below him. He only does it for you, Byong-ho, he does everything for you. Now go and keep him company...I would learn in subsequent years that he had been trained as an industrial engineer, and had actually completed a master's degree.”