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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. ↗

— Voltaire

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I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once. ↗

— Larry Wall

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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. ↗

— Irving Wallace

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But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors. ↗

— Robert Walpole

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I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

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You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is. ↗

— Kerry Washington

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What's important at the grocery store is just as important in engines or medical systems. If the customer isn't satisfied, if the stuff is getting stale, if the shelf isn't right, or if the offerings aren't right, it's the same thing. You manage it like a small organization. You don't get hung up on zeros. ↗

— Jack Welch

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I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

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Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning. ↗

— H. G. Wells

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Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

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