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“Most people overestimate what they can do in a month and underestimate what they can do in an hour.”
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“When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength--400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well, it's really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore after that.”
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“You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breath and allow things to pass.”
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“If you let people's perception of you dictate your behavior, you will never grow as a person.”
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“The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.”
― The Queen's Gambit
― The Queen's Gambit
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