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That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

Earl Nightingale

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
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LA
California
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Silence
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What happens inside always appears outside.
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Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.
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We become what we think about.
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We are all creatures of habit. We can do most things without even thinking about them our bodies take charge and do them for us.
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Throughout all history, the great wise men and teachers, philosophers, and prophets have disagreed with one another on many different things. It is only on this one point that they are in complete and unanimous agreement. We become what we think about
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Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
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It is in the expectations of happiness that much of happiness itself is found. And it takes courage to expect happiness.
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If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.
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We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
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If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.
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Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service.
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Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service ... build ... work ... dream ... create! Do this and you’ll find there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you.
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Do what experts since the dawn of recorded history have told you you must do: pay the price by becoming the person you want to become. It's not nearly as difficult as living unsuccessfully.
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A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.
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The key that unlocks energy is desire.
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Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.
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