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		Waiting to be happy limits our brain's potential for success, whereas cultivating positive brains makes us more motivated, efficient, resilient, creative, and productive, which drives performance upward.
	
	  Shawn Achor Shawn Achor
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		We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the only one who's lost it. Maybe everybody else is living the now, thinking they're having it well. Anyhow, that motivated me to write the books.
	
	  Karl Ove Knausgard Karl Ove Knausgard
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		Motivation is the key. More than training, more than experience or age, motivation counts. You have to ask yourself: 'Why am I racing?' I race because I like it, because I'm really enjoying it. I like to set up my bike and ride it on track. After 20 years in the GPs I'm still highly motivated. Everything else is a consequence.
	
	  Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi
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		I was never motivated by money. I think above all else about the happiness of my family, regardless of money.
	
	  Neymar Neymar
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		I have been motivated by this idea since I was a kid that if we invented machines that were created in the way that people are - were aware, have free will, inventive machines, machines that would be geniuses - potentially, they could reinvent themselves. They're not just applying it to other things - they could actually redesign themselves.
	
	  David Hanson David Hanson
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		I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.
	
	  Pauly Shore Pauly Shore
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		Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
	
	  Ayn Rand Ayn Rand
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		Something I've learned is that when people tell me I can't do something, I immediately wonder why and then think it through. It only makes me more motivated to prove them wrong.
	
	  Kathryn Minshew Kathryn Minshew
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		As you grow up, you become more comfortable with your own peccadilloes, and I'm bad with people who aren't self-motivated. And now, when I see them coming, I run the other way.
	
	  Bing Gordon Bing Gordon
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		We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect.
	
	  Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin
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		My philosophy is that you don't motivate players with speeches; you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in, and those are the guys that are competitive. You can not teach competitiveness.
	
	  Phil Jackson Phil Jackson
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		I was never motivated by money.
	
	  Neymar Neymar
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		There's a basic understanding that to maintain the TPC mark, even as a license facility, it has to maintain a certain quality that is reflective of the TPC brand. The great thing about the situation in this case is we're dealing with partners who have a very strong presence in the Myrtle Beach area, and obviously it's their reputation as well so they're motivated to maintain a quality experience.
	
	  Chris Smith Chris Smith
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		This is the reason why there are currently about 6,000 startups in Israel. And the nature of the Israeli entrepreneur—who is not afraid and is resourceful, motivated and fast moving—all give us an advantage.
	
	  Yossi Vardi Yossi Vardi
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		There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.
	
	  John Krasinski John Krasinski
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		My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile.
	
	  Juan Goytisolo Juan Goytisolo
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		When I get an idea, I start to write like I was electrically motivated.
	
	  Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis
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		You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does.
	
	  Joe Jamail Joe Jamail
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		Getting up early and setting myself daily targets, even outside of acting, keeps me active and motivated in general and thus happier, which I hope translates into my personality and my work.
	
	  Benjamin Stone Benjamin Stone
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		I don't love the whole Hollywood mentality, but I do love the weather and how motivated everyone is around here. It motivates me to make fun music. I'm an East Coaster - I'm from New Jersey, so I'll probably feel like that forever.
	
	  Charlie Puth Charlie Puth