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If I Had To Give You One Piece Of Advice, It Would Be This: Don’t Be Intimidated By Other People’s Opinions. Only Mediocrity Is Sure Of Itself, So Take Risks And Do What You Really Want To Do. Seek Out People Who Aren’t Afraid Of Making Mistakes And Who, Therefore, Do Make Mistakes. Because Of That, Their Work Often Isn’t Recognized, But They Are Precisely The Kind Of People Who Change The World And, After Many Mistakes, Do Something That Will Transform Their Own Community Completely.

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Paulo Coelho

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If I Had To Give You One Piece Of Advice, It Would Be This: Don’t Be Intimidated By Other People’s Opinions. Only Mediocrity Is Sure Of Itself, So Take Risks And Do What You Really Want To Do. Seek Out People Who Aren’t Afraid Of Making Mistakes And Who, Therefore, Do Make Mistakes. Because Of That, Their Work Often Isn’t Recognized, But They Are Precisely The Kind Of People Who Change The World And, After Many Mistakes, Do Something That Will Transform Their Own Community Completely.

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Enthusiasm For Life

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I've Always Been A Very Restless Person. I Work Hard, Spend Too Much Time Looking After My Son, I Dance Like A Mad Thing, I Learned Calligraphy. I Go To Courses On Selling, I Read One Book After Another. But That's All A Way Of Avoiding Those Moments When Nothing Is Happening, Because Those Blank Spaces Give Me A Feeling Of Absolute Emptiness, In Which Not A Single Crumb Of Love Exists.

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Whenever A New Situation Presented Itself, You Had To Remain Cool And Distant

Man Needs What's Worst In Him In Order To Achieve What's Best In Him.

Culture Makes People Understand Each Other Better. And If They Understand Each Other Better In Their Soul, It Is Easier To Overcome The Economic And Political Barriers. But First They Have To Understand That Their Neighbour Is, In The End, Just Like Them, With The Same Problems, The Same Questions.

So The Warrior Fights The Good Fight And He Helps Others, Even Though He Does Not Quite Understand Why.

God Has Prepared A Path For Everyone To Follow.

When You Are Enthusiastic About What You Do, You Feel This Positive Energy. It's Very Simple.

Remember, The First Road To God Is Prayer, The Second Is Joy.

People, Since The Beginning Of Time, Have Always Tried To Understand The Universe Through Love.

Life Is Short. Kiss Slowly, Laugh Insanely, Love Truly And Forgive Quickly

If The Whole World Is Evil, Then The Tragedy That Befell You Is Justified," She Went On. "that Would Make It Easier For You To Accept The Deaths Of Your Wife And Daughters. But If Good People Do Exist, Then, However Much You Deny It, Your Life Will Be Unbearable; Because Fate Set A Trap For You, And You Know You Didn't Deserve It. It Isn't The Light You Want To Recover, It's The Certainty That There Is Only Darkness.

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