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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - April 21, 2016
It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915  
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Lord Acton  
Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.
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Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004  
Sometimes, a person who likes your work and a person who don’t will show up within milliseconds of each other to let you know how they feel. One does not need to cancel out the other, positively or negatively; if you’re proud of the work, and you enjoyed the work, that is what’s important.
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Wil Wheaton, WIL WHATON dot NET, 12-07-13  
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