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Marissa Mayer

"If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen."

MARISSA MAYER

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Irene Rosenfeld

"I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, ‘Take prudent risks."

IRENE ROSENFELD

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Mark Cuban

"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it...

MARK CUBAN

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Martin Luther King Jr.

"If you can't fly then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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Jill Konrath

"I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or, are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance?"

JILL KONRATH

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Socrates

"The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new."

SOCRATES

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Charles Darwin

"It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change."

CHARLES DARWIN

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Thomas Edison

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

THOMAS EDISON

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Golda Meir

"Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement"

GOLDA MEIR

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Daniel Pink

"Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined and connected to one another. And, when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives."

DANIEL PINK

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Lakshmi Mittal

"Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be."

LAKSHMI MITTAL

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Michael Dell

"You don’t need to be a genius or a visionary, or even a college graduate for that matter, to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream."

MICHAEL DELL

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Larry Ellison

"When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts."

LARRY ELLISON

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Oprah Winfrey

"Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create."

OPRAH WINFREY

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David Brinkley

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

DAVID BRINKLEY

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Walter Disney

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

WALTER DISNEY

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Eleanor Roosevelt

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

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Tim Ferriss

"The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the ...

TIM FERRISS

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Dave Thomas

"What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed."

DAVE THOMAS

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Jack Dorsey

"Make every detail perfect, and limit the number of details to perfect."

JACK DORSEY

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