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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

— Ovid

“Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.”

— Peter Drucker

“When exploring London, you will come across lots of excitement by chance, so try to take everything in rather than just rushing around to all of the major tourist haunts.”

— Richard Branson

“'Romance' is based on my entire creative process. I fall in love with an idea, obsess over it, isolate myself with it, and when I eventually introduce it to my friends, they all tell me that it's stupid.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.”

— Tom Stoppard

“While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today.”

— Mark Zuckerberg

“Of the secular mysteries to which I wake with fresh and sometimes angry amazement every day, the queue is the second-most baffling. The first is the fan.”

— Howard Jacobson

“If I say that I am more interested in preventing the slaughter of large whales than I am in improving housing conditions for people, I am likely to shock some of my friends.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I live by fallacy. 'If I get enough nice Ikea furniture, I'll be a grown-up.' Then I catch myself. Or, 'If I get off by myself, away from the stress of modern life, I'll be OK.' Then I catch myself.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

— Pablo Picasso

“Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.”

— Anton Chekhov

“One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.”

— Napoleon Hill

“In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”

— Leo Tolstoy