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You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire. ↗

— Larry Brown

#fire #firefighter #honorable #life #live

I originally had an idea about a family of people who were homeless, just traveling around without any solid roots or any home, who made their way around working wherever they could. I started it with them. The idea of Joe as a protagonist came along a little later. ↗

— Larry Brown

#along #any #around #came #could

I think it is necessary to sit down and work for years and years to get it right. I think that's the main thing, that's what the emphasis has got to be on: individual work. ↗

— Larry Brown

#emphasis #get #got #i #i think

You may have the universe if I may have Italy. ↗

— Giuseppe Verdi

#italy #may #universe #you

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way. ↗

— Les Brown

#come #compelling #enough #hunger #invariably

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

#begin #charge #design #destinies #dreams

It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams. ↗

— Les Brown

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Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. ↗

— Les Brown

#day #every #every day #focused #goals

Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows. ↗

— Les Brown

#born #destroy #other #productions #shows

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long. ↗

— Louise Brown

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