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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
Author
Essayist
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
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Life
Originality
Ride
Genius
Respect
Care

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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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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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A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way.
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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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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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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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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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