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Elif Akyol

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
― Henry Stanley Haskins, Meditations in Wall Street

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“Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ”
― Raymond Chandler

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“Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

tags: inspirational, life, philosophy

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A place to share memoirs, biographies, autobiographies (and maybe even fiction-based-in-reality) that you have enjoyed!

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Welcome to Five Star Series. This is a group dedicated to finding, reading and rating the best series out there! We talk about everything from mystery ...more

For Books' Sake — 304 members — last activity Oct 14, 2015 06:24AM
For Books' Sake is the online community featuring books by and for independent women. This group is for For Books' Sake readers to come together to ...more

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Action packed gripping, exciting and tense thrillers, mysteries, that's what we like reading. So many great authors out there to read. Let's share our ...more

Witness: Thriller & Suspense Bookclub — 498 members — last activity Aug 12, 2020 10:47AM
The official Witness Impulse bookclub for fans and authors of suspense fiction! Join us for live discussions with our editors and authors, book giveaw ...more

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