But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
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Orison Swett Marden79 quotes“But how shall I get ideas? ”Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind – Act!”
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
Viola DavisViola Davis Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
Erma BombeckErma Bombeck Don’t buy into the idea that women aren’t strong enough to do anything they want on their own.
CherCher The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible.
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Zinedine ZidaneZinedine Zidane The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.
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