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Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.

Chris Gardner

We all understand genetics. You get your eyes from your dad, your mom’s nose, there’s nothing you can do about that. But your spiritual genetics you can choose, pick, embrace and commit to. That’s what I did.
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Choice Father Mom Spiritual
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.
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Talk Time Walk
(The movie) is the story of my life, but it’s not about me. It’s about anybody who ever dreamed big and had someone tell them, ‘No, you can’t do it.’ You can.
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Film Inspirational Perseverance Story
Claim ownership of your dreams.
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Dream One Liner Yourself
People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.
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Determination People
You can only depend on yourself. The cavalry aint coming.
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Believe Independent Yourself
This part of my life, this little part, is called happiness.
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Happiness Life Myself
But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages that mess with your head!
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Dream Necessary Yourself
Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.
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Eyes Greatness Rich Value World
The world is your oyster. It’s up to you to find the pearls.
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Happiness Inspirational
I just wanted to make a million dollars. But I couldn’t sing and I couldn’t play ball, so I said to my mother, ‘How am I going to make a million dollars?’ And she said to me, ‘Son, if you believe you can do it, you will.’
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Believe Inspirational Mom Money Willing
If you want something, go get it. Period.
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Inspirational Motivational One Liner
The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you can’t wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
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Inspirational Love Rise Secret Success Sun Wait
One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It’s the basics. Blocking and tackling.
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People Secret Success Young
There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance, could be used to accelerate learning and other arenas, too.
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Ability Language Learning Music
It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
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Failure One Liner Quit

Well, I really don’t want to be a high-powered corporate lawyer. I’m really passionate about painting.

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