Motivational Quotes of the Day

Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - August 21, 2014
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
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Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)  
Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Measure for Measure'  
There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious.
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Bono (1960 - ), Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002  
Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it.
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Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 1 Ignore Everybody, 08-22-04  

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