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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

Robert Greene

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.
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Direction Fear Future Head Inspirational Motivational Place Preparation Yourself
I just know who I am and what’s comfortable for me and I don’t personally do things in life because others do it or because that’s what society tells me I should do.
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Comfortable Life Myself Personal Society
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Competition Friendship Skill Work
There’s no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.
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Blame People Try World
Be brutal with the past, especially your own, and have no respect for the philosophies that are foisted on you from outside.
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Brutal Philosophy Respect Yourself
If you’re just letting the time pass at your job, it’s just dead time and you’ll never get it back. If at that job you’re learning and you’re observing and you’re seeing about people and connections, it’s suddenly alive time.
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Alive Death Job Observation Time Yourself
Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that lowers confidence levels even further, on and on.
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Confidence Creation Dynamic Fear Fulfill Translation
We must create our own world or we will die from inaction.
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Action Creation Death Ourselves World
All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.
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Innovation Money Motivational People Success True
If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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Drive Enough Hard Life Yourself
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Care Enemy Friendship Myself Protection
When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Master Mistake Power Shine Worst
For the future, the motto is, “No days unalert.”
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Aware Day Future Yourself
Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others – that is too high a price to pay.
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Mindset Pay Peace Price Value Wasted Time
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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Hurt Myself People
What’s good for me is certainly not good for other people.
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Goodness Myself People Self Love

Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.

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