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Theories, for me, are just about freeing your mind. It doesn't mean the theory is going to work like a scientific theory works. It's about freeing your mind and making you think a different way.


Steve Martin

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MARTIN A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death...
MARTIN Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love ca...
MARTIN A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
MARTIN Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.
STEVE MARABOLI I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.
STEVE MARABOLI Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a ...
STEVE MARABOLI Sometimes letting go is simply changing the labels you place on an event. Looking at the same event ...
STEVE MARABOLI Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power ove...
STEVE MARABOLI The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.
STEVE MARABOLI God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with ea...
STEVE MARABOLI Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of p...
STEVE MARABOLI I'm not crying because of you; you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were w...
STEVE MARABOLI This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, ...
STEVE MARABOLI Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This i...
STEVE MARABOLI I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greates...
STEVE MARABOLI Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or th...
STEVE MARABOLI No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to c...
STEVE MARABOLI How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day...
STEVE MARABOLI At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.
STEVE MARABOLI Focusing is about saying No.
STEVE JOBS I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw ...
STEVE MARABOLI Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simpl...
STEVE JOBS You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not ...
STEVE JOBS All of a sudden, we’ve lost a lot of control,’ he said. ‘We can’t turn off our internet; we ...
STEVE WOZNIAK There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfort...
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