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Everyone is motivated a little or a lot to do something or nothing. Motivation is the internalized drive toward the dominant thought of the moment. By definition, motivation is motive in action.

Denis Waitley

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Denis Waitley
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
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