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Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.

Robert Greene

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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Hurt Myself People
It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.
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Consumption Creativity Fact Goal Happiness Limitation
The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.
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Acceptance Life Role World Yourself
If you’re really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you’re going to get it.
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Drive Enough Hard Life Yourself
I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.
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Bad Believe Blessing Fact Myself Reason
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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Distance Fight Life Morality Myself Passive Power Right Struggle
When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.
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Master Mistake Power Shine Worst
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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Blame People Try World
If you’re just letting the time pass at your job, it’s just dead time and you’ll never get it back. If at that job you’re learning and you’re observing and you’re seeing about people and connections, it’s suddenly alive time.
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Alive Death Job Observation Time Yourself
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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Climb Failure Fall Rush
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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Direction Fear Future Head Inspirational Motivational Place Preparation Yourself
Win through your actions, never through argument.
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Action Argument Win
Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.
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Complain Justice Try Yourself
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
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Care Enemy Friendship Myself Protection
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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Function Genius Knowledge Master Talent Time
Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent
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Competition Friendship Skill Work

Be as fluid as water, do not give your enemies anything solid to attack.

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