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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together (Vincent Van Gogh)

 


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  • Positive thoughts bring positive outcomes (Raisa Jimenez)
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  • Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognise them (Ann Landers)
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  • Going places (Herb Alpert)
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  • Whatever you do, do it with passion. The rest comes by itself (Fabiola Haro)
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  • You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail (Hank Aaron)
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  • Today a reader, tomorrow a leader (Margaret Fuller)
    Currently reading It's really as simple as that. Read and you shall prosper.
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