Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. … I have 10 or so, and that’s a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them. - Gore Vidal

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ― Epictetus

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Happiness comes in many forms — in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else’s dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It’s okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be. ― Lucas Scott

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It is better to be alone than in bad company. ― George Washington

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Getting things done in this country, if you want to build something, if you want to start a company, it's getting to be virtually impossible with all of the bureaucracy and all of the approvals. -Donald Trump

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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. ― Epictetus

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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. ― Epictetus

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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ― Epictetus

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. ― Epictetus

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Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first. — Simon Sinek

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