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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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Motivational Speaker
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Detroit
Michigan
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Violins
Violin
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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can't have - at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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We all need to learn a new language for love - a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other's uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters-or you're just fooling around.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Sometimes life isn't about who you were or are, but it's about who you are becoming.
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Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you're gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.
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