Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
ROBERT GREENEIt is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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The problem with human beings is that they can’t sit alone in a room for more than an hour.
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I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.
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The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.
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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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Life goes by very fast. And the worst thing in life that you can have is a job that you hate, that you have no energy in, that you’re not creative with and you’re not thinking of the future. To me, might as well be dead.
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What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.
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Your unhappiness is a way of speaking to you, it’s telling you something isn’t right.
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The truth is that creative activity is one that involves the entire self – our emotions, our levels of energy, our characters, and our minds.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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