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I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using?

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When you say, "I need more confidence," what you're really saying is, "I need those people over there to approve of me. " That is the desire to control other people and what they think. The first person who figures out how to do this owns the world.

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Think of the actual physical elements that compose our bodies: we are 98 percent hydrogen and oxygen and carbon. That's table sugar. You are made of the same stuff as table sugar. Just a couple of tiny differences here and there and look what happened to the sugar: it can stand upright and send tweets.

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And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.

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The truth about not having everything you need, not being fully equipped or qualified or allowed is that these limits are the nebula of creative genius. When you have total freedom i. e: no limits at all. You stop trying to make the best of things

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Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue.

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Optimism sprouts from the knowledge that you are in control of your own life, not your past and not those around you. Part of being in control is taking responsibility for how you feel. This means not just admitting to uncomfortable feelings but then examining your circumstances to see what can be done to change these feelings at the source.

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