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If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.

Les Brown

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Les Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: February 17
Motivational Speaker
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Miami
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Leslie Brown
Leslie C. Brown
Leslie Calvin Brown
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Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.
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The greatest revenge is massive success.
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Your dream was given to you. If someone else can't see it for you, that's fine, it was given to you and not them. It's your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!
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If you're going through hell, don't stop, keep moving!
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Forgive yourself first. Release the need to replay a negative situation over and over again in your mind. Don’t become a hostage to your past by always reviewing and reliving your mistakes. Don’t remind yourself of what should have, could have or would have been. Release it and let it go. Move on.
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Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
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Once you have dared to dream, I believe you MUST pursue that dream. If you do not pursue your dreams they will consume you the knowledge that you had a dream but did not pursue it is killing knowledge. Consider it absolutely necessary to go after your dreams.
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