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		One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ellis Paul Torrance 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of their children over to the government. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Pearcey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Najib Razak 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Magnus Scheving 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abby Wambach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don't feel good when I leave the house, then I'm not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I'm doing it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taylor Momsen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dane Cook 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		That morning, she had found an envelope stuffed into her locker. It was from the Mercer Hotel, and held a plastic door key for their suite. "See you there tonight," Oliver had written. "Chomp! Chomp! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Melissa de la Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Zukav 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Clothes are a kind of uniform. A nun's habit, a surgeon's scrubs, a cop's uniform. People often say that when they put on a certain uniform, they actually think of themselves differently. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor LaValle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By the 2010s, almost everybody in the developed world, it seemed, had a powerful digital device that took little or no special skills or training to use. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walt Mossberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ellis Paul Torrance