I restore myself when I’m alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

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"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."

- Marilyn Monroe

Ambition

"Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."

- Marilyn Monroe

Creativity

""Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.""

- Marilyn Monroe

Happiness

"The real lover is a man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space."

- Marilyn Monroe

Love

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."

- Marilyn Monroe

Love

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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."

- Mortimer J. Adler

Self-improvement

"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."

- Anon

Self-improvement

"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."

- Archer

Self-improvement

"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."

- Roronoa Zoro

Self-improvement

"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"

Self-improvement