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When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel  a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. — Steve Jobs

There is always an element of chance and you must be willing to live with that element. If you insist on certainty, you will paralyze yourself. — Jean Paul Getty

Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. — Helen Keller

You will never find the time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. — Charles Burton

Adversity reveals genius. Prosperity obscures it. — Horace, Roman poet

In order to do something, one has to be something. — Goethe

When an archer misses his mark, he turns and looks to the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim — improve yourself. — Gilbert Arland

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore

New organs of perception come into being as a result of necessity. Therefore, increase your necessity, so that you may increase your perception. — Rumi

Do not be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps. — David Lloyd George

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki

There is a vitatlity, a life force, an energy, that is translated to you into action , and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. — Martha Graham

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