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The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

Hans Selye

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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Old Organism Play Scars Stress Survive
Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
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Attitude Energy Gratitude Person Test
Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.
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Assumption Attack Faith Goodness Kind Offering Policy Purpose
The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.
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Amazement Faculty Lose Science True
Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.
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Follow Leadership Loyalty Respect
To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
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Dreams Greatness Inspirational True Yourself
The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.
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Basic Element Herself Research Smile
Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?
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Enjoyment Errors Life Mistake
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Adopt Attitude Negative Oneself Positive Right Stress
My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things with their fresh, untrained and unprejudiced mind.
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Advice Beginning Career Mindset Person Prejudice Young
Unlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.
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Drive Enjoyment Natural
To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
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Goal Health Proud Purpose Respect Work
Complete freedom from stress is death.
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Complete Death Freedom One Liner Stress
Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
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Being Reason Result Stress
Stress is the spice of life.
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Life Spice Stress
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
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Ability Body Dangerous Man Resistance

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