motivation Quotes
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It takes a certain kind of mind to narrate, to work through character motivation, to be unforgiving to one's writer-self when it comes down to creating the minutiae of detail. Writing fiction requires stamina, a sense of how people's lives work, how people work toward and against one another and, above all, precision.
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I learned a lot of different things from different schools. MIT is a very good place…. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks that it’s the most wonderful place in the world—it’s the center, somehow, of scientific and technological development in the United States, if not the world … and while you don’t get a good sense of proportion there, you do get an excellent sense of being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on
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While followers idealize the real, leaders realize the ideal... They outshine with their power of love those whose only motivation is love of power.
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Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.
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To be taken seriously about doing something creative and probably travel a lot. That was my motivation. I knew I was good, I knew I could write. I also knew you could get laid really easily.
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But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.
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The motivation is doing for doing, not [for] having done.
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Russell Barkley similarly describes the primary problem in ADD as a deficit in the motivation system, which makes it impossible to stay on task for any length of time unless there is constant feedback, constant reward.
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Progress is the ultimate motivation.
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To me, curiosity is married to optimism. And that's where a lot of my motivation comes from. A lot of my way out of depression and anxiety is that intersection between optimism and curiosity. Because it means taking a step forward with the hope that there will be discovery.
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Sports can do so much. It's given me confidence, self-esteem, discipline, and motivation.
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Winning a trophy is always nice, but my personal satisfaction comes from reflecting on the passion, motivation, and determination that went into getting me there.
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Jim jumped well and will continue to improve. Jim needs no motivation. He motivates himself enough.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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Most of us will get turned on at night by the very same things that we will demonstrate against during the day - the erotic mind is not very politically correct.
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You don't get any mixtapes, you know, 'cause I don't like my voice in there. I want to be that, but that's just not me, you know. And I'm very impatient; if I don't do it right, I'll be like, well, 'Ok that's the best I'm gonna do it.' Because I feel like if you take too much time on something, you lose the motivation for it.
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I don't benefit by minimizing his accomplishments Andre Ward.
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The pro-psychedelic plant position is clearly an antidrugs position. Drug dependencies are the result of habitual, unexamined, and obsessive behavior; these are precisely the tendencies in our psychological makup that the psychedelics mitigate. The plant hallucinogens dissolve habits and hold motivations up to inspection by a wider, less egocentric, and more grounded point of view within the individual.
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The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.
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Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights.
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Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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Those who believe in climate change, as I do, I think it's also fair to say that they are more receptive to confirming evidence than disconfirming evidence. They happen to be right, but their motivations are in play also.
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Motivations are too tangled and complex.
