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Old 11-14-2019, 07:49 PM   #1
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1. "If you never heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you."
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3. "'Never play chess with a pigeon. It knocks all the pieces over, shits all over the board, then walks around like it's won.' This is a good thing to remember before you start an argument with someone."
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4. "It is easier to fool someone than to convince them they've been fooled."
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5. "The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."
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8. "Learning from mistakes is one of the best ways to learn, but there's no reason those mistakes have to be your own."
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9. "Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong."
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10. "If you raise your kids, you can spoil your grandchildren; however, if you spoil your kids, you will have to raise your grandchildren."
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12. "It's possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That's not weakness, that's life."
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14. "Measure twice, cut once."
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15. "Make time for planning. Wars are won in the general's tent."
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16. "Hate is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies."
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17. "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing."
—ShaoLimper
18. "We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one."
—shrithm
19. "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many."
—sindayven
20. "People don't quit companies. They quit management."
—DigitalR3x
21. "When I was young my father told me: 'Don't cry for something that can't cry for you.' It really helped me see what was important."
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22. "You don’t need to light yourself on fire to keep others warm."
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23. "'To worry is to pay a debt of misery that may never come due.' Basically, accept inevitable outcomes and do your best to change changeable outcomes to your liking, but know that worrying does nothing."
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Old 11-14-2019, 08:28 PM   #2
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Old 11-14-2019, 08:30 PM   #3
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Old 11-14-2019, 09:08 PM   #4
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Old 11-14-2019, 10:07 PM   #5
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You can't live a champagne life on a beer salary.
….but it's a great motivation to upgrade your salary
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Old 11-15-2019, 12:09 AM   #7
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Old 11-15-2019, 03:50 AM   #8
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