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“My wishes before I die, to fulfill my mission on earth; The writing of my life stories to inspired present and future generations.”

“Imagination is paradise.”

“Keep dreaming, dreams have no limit.”

“I can foreseen the fulfillment of my the visions.”

“Every great dream has no defined parameters, out of fear we set the limitations.”

“Heat makes things expand; that is why life sometimes throws us into a fiery furnace.”

“Your life is a trajectory. Every choice you make alters that trajectory, in a positive or negative way. Will you categorize that dinner with friends as a business expense? Will you be honest with your daughter? Will you take more credit than you’re due? These are just the small questions that we face every day, and little by little, the answers influence the trajectory of our lives and beings.”

“The other thing that’s happened with writing is that I’m not afraid it will go away. Up until a couple of years ago, I feared that sitting down with paper and pencil revealed too much desire and that for such ambition I would be punished. My vocabulary would contract anorexia, ideas would be born autistic, even titles would not come to flirt with me anymore. I suppose this was tied to that internal judge, the serpent who eats her own tail. She insinuates you’re not good enough; you believe her and try less, ratifying her assessment; so you try even less; and on and on. This snake survives on your dying. Finally, now, the elided words of my wisest writing teacher, the poet David Wojahn, make sense. “Be ambitious,” he said, “for the work.” Not for the in-dwelling editor. That bitch was impossible to please anyway.”

“She waited for a man who would marvel her with his intellect, wit and physique, all at the same time. Someone who would beguile her, unnerve her, possess her, and claim her and then make her jealous with deceit and accusations. Someone who wouldn’t bore her after a few hours of company. Someone who wouldn’t be distracted by someone younger than her - even at that age, she had her insecurities........ She waited for a man who would be worth a chase and a challenge, who would beguile her and ravage her, and be true to her. She was no fool. She knew the limitations of affectation and ceremonial overtures between husband and wife. She knew the limits of compatibility, being put off by a few of her suitors instantly. She knew that love was not a guarantee to lifetime of happiness. She knew the importance of money and it’s effect on men. She knew the value of having the best in jewelry, clothes and company, for a person was judged accordingly, and if one wished to be a success, one had to look the part. And that required continuity of resources, not affection. But still she waited. She waited for a man who would surprise her beyond her expectations. She waited for a man who would be magical. She waited for a man who would never come.”

“There’s something about the amount of time that has gone by that makes her feel like a survivor. There’s something in the way that following her heart, despite it being perpetually broken, has made her feel like a success. And something about letting go of pain and letting love in has made her feel happy again.”

“Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.”

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”

“It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

“You can have anything you want”

“Do your best with what you have where you are.”

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

“Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!”

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.”

“Courage is the ability to go from failure to failure with enthusiasm.”

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”