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In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
Peter McWilliams
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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
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United States
Peter A. McWilliams
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Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Running from fear only strengthens fear-you are demonstrating that fear has power over you. Fear must be faced and gone through.
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If we aren't actively pursuing what we want, we don't really want it.
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If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.
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If you want physical peace, stop the struggle of life. Don't push the body beyond its fatigue point. Rest the body enough. Exercise it enough. Then let it be. ... If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine.
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For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period of time.
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Heroes became heroes flaws and all gives us hope. You mean I don't have to be perfect to fulfill my Dream, to make a contribution? Hardly. It takes commitment, courage, and passion to live a dream and make a contribution. Heroes had these qualities along with their flaws.
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To the degree we're not living our dreams, our comfort zone has more control of us than we have over ourselves.
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As with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister.
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Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should or should not be exposed to?
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If you were arrested for being kind to yourself..would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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