I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.

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"It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live."

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"Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it."

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"Timidity does not inspire bold acts."

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"When God made the color purple, God was just showing off."

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"Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination."

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