The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
ROBERT GREENESome people are a little bit better than others, some people are great, some people are superior. It depends on the level of effort.
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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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Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Mastery is not a question of genetics of luck, but of following your natural inclinations and the deep desires that stirs you from within.
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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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Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.
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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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No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.
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Everybody in life is struggling for power, and some people use morality and righteousness as a weapon, while others use different means, even passive aggression. From a distance, we are all fighting, and I am looking at this from a distance.
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Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.
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Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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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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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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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.
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