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

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Earl Nightingale
Age: 68 †
Born: 1921
Born: March 12
Died: 1989
Died: March 25
Actor
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Motivational Speaker
Radio Personality
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LA
California
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Silence
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Interesting
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With every adversity, there is an equal or greater gift. Keep looking for the gift.
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If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
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Dream what you dare to dream. Go where you want to go. Be what you want to be.
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It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.
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We become what we think about.
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Don't take the attitude of waiting for people to be nice to you - be nice to them. Don't sit in front of a cold stove waiting for the heat. Put in the fuel. Act first.
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How can I be of the greatest service doing that which I most enjoy doing?
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When the days are too short, chances are you are living at your best.
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The best way to help a man increase his output is to help build the man. Help him increase his stature as a man, and he will just naturally do better-on the job and off.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal
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Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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Successful people are dreamers who have found a dream too exciting, too important, to remain in the realm of fantasy. Day by day, hour by hour, they toil in the service of their dream until they can see it with their eyes and touch it with their hands.
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These people get to the top because they have to, because inside them burns a dream too big, too ever present, too demanding to be denied.
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We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.
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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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Success is not the result of making money earning money is the result of success — and success is in direct proportion to our service.
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But the 3% who have taken the time and exercised the discipline to decide on a destination and to chart a course sail straight and far across the deep oceans of life, reaching one port after another and accomplishing more in just a few years than the rest accomplish in a lifetime.
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
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