#yours

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself. ↗

— Miles Davis

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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life. ↗

— Iris Chang

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If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be. ↗

— Robert Collier

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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#give #rather #reverie #than #yourself

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#failure #fool #make #takes #unimportant

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you. ↗

— Eric Church

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You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be. ↗

— Wayne W. Dyer

#self-determination #determination

When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. ↗

— Confucius

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So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work? ↗

— Jackie Cooper

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