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I can be changed by what happens to me,

but I refuse to be reduced by it.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.

The only real voyage of discovery is not in seeing new sights

but in seeing things anew.

Lazy people may look busy,

but they are only wasting time.

Life is just a bowl of pits.

The seed of my success was my curiosity.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,

but in rising every time we fall.

New opinions are always suspected,

and usually opposed,

without any other reason but because they are not already common.

Judge of your natural character

by what you do in your dreams.

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

Diversification is protection against ignorance.

The only real power comes out of a long rifle.

You have to choose your battles

and sometimes let the small stuff go.

Leisure is the mother of philosophy.

If it's your job to eat a frog,

it's best to do it first thing in the morning.

And If it's your job to eat two frogs,

it's best to eat the biggest one first.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

There has to be evil

so that good can prove its purity above it.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.