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As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a targ

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. – William James

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Attitude
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William James
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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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Worth
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There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back. – Jim Fiebig

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A book is to me like a hat or coat — a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. – Charles B. Fairbanks

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If you have never said “Excuse me” to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time. – Sherri Chasin Calvo

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Books

The truest owner of a library is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it; who is happy and content to say, “Here are my jewels, my choicest possessions!” – Frank Carr

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Books

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Ive gone to China, bought a manufacturing company and moved it to America. Now China wants to buy back some of that new technology from me. Thats a great story for America. – Terry McAuliffe

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The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. – Ben Okri

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Giving is the business of the rich. – Johann von Goethe

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It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty. – John Ruskin

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Restraint