Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

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Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself.

Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

I would always want printed books.

I would always want printed books.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

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    This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

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    Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

    Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

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