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I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

Robert Greene

Boldness makes even the smallest animal dangerous.
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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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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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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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If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.
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When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity, you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others
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People go into things for the wrong reasons.
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If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
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True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.
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Nothing is given to you.
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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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Some 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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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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It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause by yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others — playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
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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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Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
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