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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
François Rabelais was born in 1494 in Chinon, Touraine, France. He became a monk, a satirist, and a physician. François Rabelais passed away on 9 April 1553 in Meudon, France.
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“And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become victims of our feelings, unless we can in some way command them.”-Anne Radcliffe
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“All you need lies within you.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“Change of any sort requires courage.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
Mary Anne Radmacher was born on 28 June 1957 in Portland, Oregon, United States of America. She is a writer. Website: http://www.MaryAnneRadmacher.net/.
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner was born in 1946. She was an American actress and comedienne. Gilda Radner passed on in 1989.
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“Faith and optimism are contagious.” -Thom S. Rainer
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“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not the desire to beat others.” -Ayn Rand
“Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.” -Ayn Rand
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they received - hatred. The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible. The power loom was considered vicious. Anesthesia was considered sinful. But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered, and they paid. But they won.” -Ayn Rand: “The Fountainhead” (1943)
“To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.” -Ayn Rand
“Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating.” -Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand is a pseudonym of Alice O’Connor, who was born as Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum on 2 February 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. She became a playwright, a screenwriter, and a novelist. She is known as the author of “The Fountainhead” (1943) and “Atlas Shrugged” (1957), and as the creator of the Objectivism philosophy, which among other things advocated rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism.. Ayn Rand passed on at 77 years of age on 6 March 1982 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Never needlessly disturb a thing at rest.” -John Randolph
John Randolph was born in 1773. John Randolph passed on in 1833.
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“The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be the boss.” -Diane Ravitch
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“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love, light, and compassion. Life will be beautiful.” -Amit Ray
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“Not a day passes over this Earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.” -Charles Reed
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“If we all tried to make other people’s paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.” -Myrtle Reed
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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” -Scott Reed
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“Some people have such open minds that nothing stays in them long.” -J. Tudor Rees
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“It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the same people who consistently oppose freedom. They want only one God; the state, which of course they intend to run.” -Charley Reese: “Jefferson Speaks” (29 November 2002)
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“If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves.” -R. Reese
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“You make a choice or set a goal and let people know about it. Then just getting started leads to the discovery of internal resources that help us to go further than we ever thought we could.” -Christopher Reeve: “Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life” (2002)
Christopher D’Olier Reeve was born on 25 September 1952 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Superman. Christopher D’Olier Reeve passed on at 52 years of age on 10 October 2004 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America.
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
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“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” -Keanu Reeves
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“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.” -Orson Rega
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“Don’t overlook the obvious.” -Verna Reid
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“Our work-a-day lives are filled with opportunities to bless others. The power of a single glance or an encouraging smile must never be underestimated.” -G. Richard Reiger: as quoted in “Attitudes of Gratitude,” page 39
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“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Francesca Reigler
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.” -Jules Renard
“The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.” -Jules Renard
Pierre-Jules Renard, also known simply as Jules Renard, was born on 22 February 1864 in Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France. He became a novelist and a dramatist. Pierre-Jules Renard passed on at 46 years of age on 22 May 1910 in Paris, France.
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“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” -Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier was born on 1 April 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an essayist. Agnes Repplier passed on at 92 years of age on 15 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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“The secret of my success is my ability to attract exceptionally able men and to treat them with so much respect that they never leave.” -Stanley Resor
Stanley Resor was born in 1879. Stanley Resor passed on in 1962.
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“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.” -Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou ‘Loo’ Retton was born on 24 January 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America. She became an Olympic gymnast.
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“Never depend upon your genius: if you have talent, industry will improve it; if you have none, industry will supply the deficiency.” -Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds was born in 1723. He was an English painter. Joshua Reynolds passed on in 1792.
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“I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.” -Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He became a businessman, a diamond mining magnate, and a Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil John Rhodes passed on at 48 years of age on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa).
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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” -Anne Rice: “The Witching Hour” (1990)
Anne Rice was born in 1941. She is an American writer.
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“It doesn’t matter where you came from. It only matters where you’re going.” -Condoleezza Rice
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“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.” -Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice was born in 1880. He was an American journalist and sports writer. Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice passed on in 1954.
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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
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“One of the great lessons I’ve learned in athletics is that you’ve got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you’ve got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.” -Bob Richards
“You are what you think you are.” -Bob Richards
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“All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 41
“Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 8
Mary Caroline Richards was born in 1916. She was an American teacher, poet, and potter. Mary Caroline Richards passed on in 1999.
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“You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.” -Stephen Richards
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Big whorls have little whorls
Which feed on their velocity,
And little whorls have lesser whorls
And so on to viscosity.
-Lewis Fry Richardson
Lewis Fry Richardson was born on 11 October 1881 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, Scotland. He became a mathematician, a physicist, and a psychologist. Lewis Fry Richardson passed on at 71 years of age on 30 September 1953 in Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland.
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul Richter
“A scholar knows no boredom.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Cheerfulness is the atmosphere under which all things thrive.” -Jean Paul Richter
“No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.” -Jean Paul Richter: “Titan” (1803)
“Women cure all their sorrows by talking.” -Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire (now Wunsiedel, Germany). He became a humor novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Confederation (now Bayreuth, Germany).
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“The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence.” -Edward Rickenbacker
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” -Edward Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He became an American fighter pilot with the rank of captain during World War 1, and later a businessman. Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker passed on at 82 years of age on 23 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland.
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“Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less.” -Al Ries
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“Have you ever watched a stone cutter at work? He will hammer at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing on it. Then, at the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before it as well.” -Jacob A. Riis
“The more I live the more I think that humor is the saving sense.” -Jacob A. Riis
“When nothing seems to help I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it but all that had gone before.” -Jacob A. Riis
Jacob August Riis was born in 1849. He was a photographer and a reporter. Jacob August Riis passed on in 1914.
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“Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.” -James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849 in a two-room cabin in Greenfield, Indiana, United States of America. He became a writer and a poet. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that he wrote, the majority are in dialect. His best-known works include “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” He served on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper. James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” -Pat Riley
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” -Pat Riley
“Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.” -Pat Riley
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” -Pat Riley
“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.” -Pat Riley
Pat Riley is a basketball coach.
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“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all other work is but preparation.” -Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was born on 4 December 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He became a poet and a novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“Believe it or not.” -R. L. Ripley
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“You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.” -Irvine Robbins
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“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
Cavett Robert was born 14 November 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America. In 1973, he founded the National Speakers Association. Cavett Robert passed on at 89 years of age on 15 September 1997.
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“Seek your joy in what you give and not in what you get.” -Evan Roberts
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“There is nothing wrong with dreaming, so let the dreamers dream on. But for those who are realistic about making money and becoming financially secure, you have to set realistic goals and work towards meeting those goals.” -John M. Roberts
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“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” -Nora Roberts
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“Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy - that which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk lays up a fund of spiritual strength.” -F. W. Robertson
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“The penalty of leadership is loneliness.” -H. Wheeler Robinson
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“Shared grief diminishes, but shared joy increases.” -Spider Robinson
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“To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” -Sugar Ray Robinson
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“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it’s letting go.” -Sylvia Robinson
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“There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.” -Victor Robinson
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“There is a fundamental law that the tissue of the human body will waste away through idleness and disuse. Conversely muscles and vessel that are stressed grow and increase in capacity. This same basic law also applies to spiritual and intellectual growth and can be achieved only by continual nourishment and effort in day-to-day living.” -Clarence F. Robison
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“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” -David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Senior was born on 12 June 1915 in New York City, New York, United States of America He became a banker, a public servant, and a philanthropist. He is known as a chairman and chief executive officer of the Chase Manhattan Corporation. David Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 101 years of age on 20 March 2017 in Pacantico Hills, New York, United States of America.
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“I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
John Davison Rockefeller, Junior was born on 29 January 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. He became a financier and a philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Junior passed on at 86 years of age on 11 May 1960 in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
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“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.” -John D. Rockefeller, Senior: as quoted in Allen Nevins: “Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller,” volume 1
“I would rather earn one percent off one hundred people’s efforts than one hundred percent of my own efforts.” -John D. Rockefeller: “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth” (3 March 2015)
“It requires a better type of mind to seek out and to support or to create the new than to follow the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: “Random Reminiscences of Men and Events” (1909), chapter VI
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the Sun.” -John D. Rockefeller
“To Others.” -John D. Rockefeller: replying to the question as to what he attributed his success
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -John D. Rockefeller: as attributed in Peter Collier and David Horowitz: “The Rockefellers” (1976)
John Davison Rockefeller, Senior was born on 8 July 1839. He was an American industrialist and philanthropist. In 1870, he co-founded the Standard Oil Company. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
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You got to have a dream
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
-Rogers and Hammerstein
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“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” -Rikki Rogers
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“Within most human beings lies a great resource normally untapped, but there, waiting to be summoned up in moments of stress. Call it strength, courage - whatever it is, it pulls us through against the longest odds.” -Ruth Roman: commenting after the rescue at sea of herself and her son, following the sinking of the ship “Andrea Doria”
Ruth Roman was born in 1922. She was an American actress. Ruth Roman passed on in 1999.
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“The quickest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks.” -John Rooney
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“At the right time, in the right light, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose
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“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you.” -Will Rose
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“Great nations and great empires only live so long as they are thrifty; the moment they begin to waste or disburse their resources, the day of their end is at hand.” -Lord Rosebery
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“Anything is possible but only a few things actually happen.” -Richard Rosen
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“Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” -Sam Rosen
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“Details are all there are.” -Maezumi Roshi
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“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.” -Diana Ross
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“All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.” -Ruth Ross
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross
Ruth Miriam Ross, also known as Ruth Miriam Burnard, was born as Ruth Miriam Guscott in 1920 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. She became a historian. Ruth Miriam Ross passed on at about 62 years of age 30 August 1982.
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand was born on 30 October 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on at 82 years of age on 3 September 1977.
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“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” -Leo Rosten
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten was born in 1908. He was a Polish-born American writer and social scientist. Leo Rosten passed on in 1997.
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“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser, and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.” -Kyle Rote, Junior
Kyle Rote, Junior is a soccer player.
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“If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don’t stand still, leap forward.” -Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey is an American professional wrestler.
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“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” [translation to English]
“Le monde réel àl ses bornes; the monde imaginaire est infini.” [original French]
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva (now Geneva, Switzerland). He became a political theorist, an essayist, and a music composer. He is known for his book, “Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau” (1782). Jean-Jacques Rousseau passed on at 66 years of age on 2 July 1778 in Ermenonville, Kingdom of France.
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“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower, that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.” -Joseph Roux: “Meditations of a Parish Priest” (1866), Part 9, LIV
Joseph Roux was born on 19 April 1834. He was a French Catholic parish priest, a poet, and a philologist. Joseph Roux passed on in February 1905.
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“I’m looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.” -Mike Rowe
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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith are pseudonyms of Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling, who was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is a novelist and a screenwriter known as the author of the “Harry Potter” children’s books.
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“There is no disgrace to get knocked down - so long as you get back up.” -Darell Royal
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“One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you wish you felt.” -Gretchen Rubin
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“I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . . pneumonia . . . Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn’t like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.” -Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994): as quoted in “USA Today” (6 August 1987) newspaper
“Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.” -Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940. She was a professional athlete. Wilma Rudolph passed on in 1994.
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“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
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“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.” -Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was born in 1746. Benjamin Rush passed on in 1813.
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“If you don’t pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes, and the first thing you know, the periphery is the center.” -Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk was born in 1909. He was an American politician. Dean Rusk passed on in 1994.
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“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.” -Bertrand Russell
“I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a genius I feel quite sure that joy and happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet, when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite; joy and happiness is just around the corner.” -Bertrand Russell
“Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.” -Bertrand Russell
“One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” -Bertrand Russell: “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1914 - 1944” (1968), volume II, chapter 5
“One should respect public opinion insofar as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.” -Bertrand Russell
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” -Bertrand Russell
“There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.” -Bertrand Russell
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” -Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales on 18 May 1872. He became a mathematician, a logician, a historian, a philosopher, an essayist, and a social critic. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on at 97 years of age on 2 February 1970 in Pourhyndendraeth, Meriohah, England.
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“You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.” -Charles M. Russell
Charles M. Russell was born in 1864. Charles M. Russell passed on in 1926.
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“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” -Babe Ruth
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was a baseball player.
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“What creates the beauty of the world is the love we have for it.” -Roma Ryan
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“Nature abhors a vacuum.” -François Rabelais
François Rabelais was born in 1494 in Chinon, Touraine, France. He became a monk, a satirist, and a physician. François Rabelais passed away on 9 April 1553 in Meudon, France.
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“And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become victims of our feelings, unless we can in some way command them.”-Anne Radcliffe
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“All you need lies within you.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“As we light a path for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
“Change of any sort requires courage.” -Mary Anne Radmacher
Mary Anne Radmacher was born on 28 June 1957 in Portland, Oregon, United States of America. She is a writer. Website: http://www.MaryAnneRadmacher.net/.
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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” -Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner was born in 1946. She was an American actress and comedienne. Gilda Radner passed on in 1989.
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“Faith and optimism are contagious.” -Thom S. Rainer
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“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not the desire to beat others.” -Ayn Rand
“Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.” -Ayn Rand
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they received - hatred. The great creators - the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors - stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible. The power loom was considered vicious. Anesthesia was considered sinful. But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered, and they paid. But they won.” -Ayn Rand: “The Fountainhead” (1943)
“To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.” -Ayn Rand
“Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating.” -Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand is a pseudonym of Alice O’Connor, who was born as Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum on 2 February 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. She became a playwright, a screenwriter, and a novelist. She is known as the author of “The Fountainhead” (1943) and “Atlas Shrugged” (1957), and as the creator of the Objectivism philosophy, which among other things advocated rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism.. Ayn Rand passed on at 77 years of age on 6 March 1982 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“Never needlessly disturb a thing at rest.” -John Randolph
John Randolph was born in 1773. John Randolph passed on in 1833.
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“The person who knows how will always have a job. The person who knows why will always be the boss.” -Diane Ravitch
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“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love, light, and compassion. Life will be beautiful.” -Amit Ray
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“Not a day passes over this Earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words, and suffer noble sorrows.” -Charles Reed
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“If we all tried to make other people’s paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.” -Myrtle Reed
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“This one step - choosing a goal and sticking to it - changes everything.” -Scott Reed
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“Some people have such open minds that nothing stays in them long.” -J. Tudor Rees
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“It is worth noting that the people today who so vehemently wish to sweep religion from all public spaces and institutions are also the same people who consistently oppose freedom. They want only one God; the state, which of course they intend to run.” -Charley Reese: “Jefferson Speaks” (29 November 2002)
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“If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves.” -R. Reese
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“You make a choice or set a goal and let people know about it. Then just getting started leads to the discovery of internal resources that help us to go further than we ever thought we could.” -Christopher Reeve: “Nothing Is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life” (2002)
Christopher D’Olier Reeve was born on 25 September 1952 in New York City, New York, United States of America. He became an actor. He is known for his portrayal of the fictional character Superman. Christopher D’Olier Reeve passed on at 52 years of age on 10 October 2004 in Mount Kisco, New York, United States of America.
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“You can if you think you can.” -George Reeves (similar quotation attributed to Henry Ford)
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“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.” -Keanu Reeves
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“Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.” -Orson Rega
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“Don’t overlook the obvious.” -Verna Reid
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“Our work-a-day lives are filled with opportunities to bless others. The power of a single glance or an encouraging smile must never be underestimated.” -G. Richard Reiger: as quoted in “Attitudes of Gratitude,” page 39
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“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” -Francesca Reigler
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“I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.” -Jules Renard
“The truly free man is the one who will turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.” -Jules Renard
Pierre-Jules Renard, also known simply as Jules Renard, was born on 22 February 1864 in Châlons-du-Maine, Mayenne, France. He became a novelist and a dramatist. Pierre-Jules Renard passed on at 46 years of age on 22 May 1910 in Paris, France.
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“The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person.” -Agnes Repplier
Agnes Repplier was born on 1 April 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. She became an essayist. Agnes Repplier passed on at 92 years of age on 15 December 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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“The secret of my success is my ability to attract exceptionally able men and to treat them with so much respect that they never leave.” -Stanley Resor
Stanley Resor was born in 1879. Stanley Resor passed on in 1962.
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“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in me that makes me want to do more and more, and to do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for something. It’s our goal in life to find it and to keep it lit.” -Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou ‘Loo’ Retton was born on 24 January 1968 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America. She became an Olympic gymnast.
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“Never depend upon your genius: if you have talent, industry will improve it; if you have none, industry will supply the deficiency.” -Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds was born in 1723. He was an English painter. Joshua Reynolds passed on in 1792.
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“I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right.” -Cecil Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. He became a businessman, a diamond mining magnate, and a Prime Minister of Cape Colony (1890 - 1896). Cecil John Rhodes passed on at 48 years of age on 26 March 1902 in Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa).
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“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.” -Anne Rice: “The Witching Hour” (1990)
Anne Rice was born in 1941. She is an American writer.
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“It doesn’t matter where you came from. It only matters where you’re going.” -Condoleezza Rice
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“Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.” -Grantland Rice
Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice was born in 1880. He was an American journalist and sports writer. Henry Grantland ‘Grantland’ Rice passed on in 1954.
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“Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” -Norman B. Rice
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“One of the great lessons I’ve learned in athletics is that you’ve got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you’ve got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.” -Bob Richards
“You are what you think you are.” -Bob Richards
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“All the arts we practice are apprenticeship. The big art is our life.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 41
“Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.” -Mary Caroline Richards: “Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the Person” (2011), page 8
Mary Caroline Richards was born in 1916. She was an American teacher, poet, and potter. Mary Caroline Richards passed on in 1999.
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“You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.” -Stephen Richards
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Big whorls have little whorls
Which feed on their velocity,
And little whorls have lesser whorls
And so on to viscosity.
-Lewis Fry Richardson
Lewis Fry Richardson was born on 11 October 1881 in Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, Scotland. He became a mathematician, a physicist, and a psychologist. Lewis Fry Richardson passed on at 71 years of age on 30 September 1953 in Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland.
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“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.” -Jean Paul Richter
“A scholar knows no boredom.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Cheerfulness is the atmosphere under which all things thrive.” -Jean Paul Richter
“No one is more profoundly sad than he who laughs too much.” -Jean Paul Richter
“Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face.” -Jean Paul Richter: “Titan” (1803)
“Women cure all their sorrows by talking.” -Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter is a pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, who was born on 21 March 1763 in Wunsiedel, Holy Roman Empire (now Wunsiedel, Germany). He became a humor novelist. Johann Paul Friedrich Richter passed on at 62 years of age on 14 November 1825 in Bayreuth, German Confederation (now Bayreuth, Germany).
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“The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality, and Independence.” -Edward Rickenbacker
“Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.” -Edward Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker was born on 8 October 1890 in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. He became an American fighter pilot with the rank of captain during World War 1, and later a businessman. Edward Vernon ‘Eddie’ Rickenbacker passed on at 82 years of age on 23 July 1973 in Zürich, Switzerland.
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“Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world’s first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less.” -Al Ries
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“Have you ever watched a stone cutter at work? He will hammer at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing on it. Then, at the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before it as well.” -Jacob A. Riis
“The more I live the more I think that humor is the saving sense.” -Jacob A. Riis
“When nothing seems to help I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two and I know it was not that blow that did it but all that had gone before.” -Jacob A. Riis
Jacob August Riis was born in 1849. He was a photographer and a reporter. Jacob August Riis passed on in 1914.
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“Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.” -James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was born on 7 October 1849 in a two-room cabin in Greenfield, Indiana, United States of America. He became a writer and a poet. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that he wrote, the majority are in dialect. His best-known works include “Little Orphant Annie” and “The Raggedy Man.” He served on the staff of the “Indianapolis Journal” newspaper. James Whitcomb Riley passed on at 66 years of age on 22 July 1916 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America.
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“Don’t let other people tell you what you want.” -Pat Riley
“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” -Pat Riley
“Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude.” -Pat Riley
“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” -Pat Riley
“Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won’t get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.” -Pat Riley
Pat Riley is a basketball coach.
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“For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate the last test and proof the work for which all other work is but preparation.” -Rainer Maria Rilke
René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke, also known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was born on 4 December 1875 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He became a poet and a novelist. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke passed on at 51 years of age on 29 December 1926 in Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland.
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“Believe it or not.” -R. L. Ripley
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“You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.” -Irvine Robbins
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“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” -Cavett Robert
Cavett Robert was born 14 November 1907 in Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America. In 1973, he founded the National Speakers Association. Cavett Robert passed on at 89 years of age on 15 September 1997.
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“Seek your joy in what you give and not in what you get.” -Evan Roberts
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“There is nothing wrong with dreaming, so let the dreamers dream on. But for those who are realistic about making money and becoming financially secure, you have to set realistic goals and work towards meeting those goals.” -John M. Roberts
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“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” -Nora Roberts
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“Few men suspect how much mere talk fritters away spiritual energy - that which should be spent in action, spends itself in words. Hence he who restrains that love of talk lays up a fund of spiritual strength.” -F. W. Robertson
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“The penalty of leadership is loneliness.” -H. Wheeler Robinson
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“Shared grief diminishes, but shared joy increases.” -Spider Robinson
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“To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” -Sugar Ray Robinson
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“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong. Sometimes it’s letting go.” -Sylvia Robinson
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“There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.” -Victor Robinson
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“There is a fundamental law that the tissue of the human body will waste away through idleness and disuse. Conversely muscles and vessel that are stressed grow and increase in capacity. This same basic law also applies to spiritual and intellectual growth and can be achieved only by continual nourishment and effort in day-to-day living.” -Clarence F. Robison
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“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.” -David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Senior was born on 12 June 1915 in New York City, New York, United States of America He became a banker, a public servant, and a philanthropist. He is known as a chairman and chief executive officer of the Chase Manhattan Corporation. David Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 101 years of age on 20 March 2017 in Pacantico Hills, New York, United States of America.
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“I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common, not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.” -John D. Rockefeller, Junior
John Davison Rockefeller, Junior was born on 29 January 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. He became a financier and a philanthropist. John Davison Rockefeller, Junior passed on at 86 years of age on 11 May 1960 in Tucson, Arizona, United States of America.
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“I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build.” -John D. Rockefeller, Senior: as quoted in Allen Nevins: “Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller,” volume 1
“I would rather earn one percent off one hundred people’s efforts than one hundred percent of my own efforts.” -John D. Rockefeller: “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth” (3 March 2015)
“It requires a better type of mind to seek out and to support or to create the new than to follow the worn paths of accepted success.” -John D. Rockefeller: “Random Reminiscences of Men and Events” (1909), chapter VI
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the Sun.” -John D. Rockefeller
“To Others.” -John D. Rockefeller: replying to the question as to what he attributed his success
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” -John D. Rockefeller: as attributed in Peter Collier and David Horowitz: “The Rockefellers” (1976)
John Davison Rockefeller, Senior was born on 8 July 1839. He was an American industrialist and philanthropist. In 1870, he co-founded the Standard Oil Company. John Davison Rockefeller, Senior passed on at 97 years of age on 23 May 1937.
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You got to have a dream
If you don’t have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
-Rogers and Hammerstein
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“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” -Rikki Rogers
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“Within most human beings lies a great resource normally untapped, but there, waiting to be summoned up in moments of stress. Call it strength, courage - whatever it is, it pulls us through against the longest odds.” -Ruth Roman: commenting after the rescue at sea of herself and her son, following the sinking of the ship “Andrea Doria”
Ruth Roman was born in 1922. She was an American actress. Ruth Roman passed on in 1999.
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“The quickest way to become an old dog is to stop learning new tricks.” -John Rooney
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“At the right time, in the right light, everything is extraordinary.” -Aaron Rose
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“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many you brought with you.” -Will Rose
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“Great nations and great empires only live so long as they are thrifty; the moment they begin to waste or disburse their resources, the day of their end is at hand.” -Lord Rosebery
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“Anything is possible but only a few things actually happen.” -Richard Rosen
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“Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” -Sam Rosen
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“Details are all there are.” -Maezumi Roshi
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“Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.” -Diana Ross
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“All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.” -Ruth Ross
“There are only three colors, ten digits, and seven notes; it’s what we do with them that’s important.” -Ruth Ross
Ruth Miriam Ross, also known as Ruth Miriam Burnard, was born as Ruth Miriam Guscott in 1920 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. She became a historian. Ruth Miriam Ross passed on at about 62 years of age 30 August 1982.
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.” -Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand was born on 30 October 1894. He was a French biologist and philosopher. Jean Rostand passed on at 82 years of age on 3 September 1977.
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“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” -Leo Rosten
“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.” -Leo Rosten
Leo Rosten was born in 1908. He was a Polish-born American writer and social scientist. Leo Rosten passed on in 1997.
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“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser, and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.” -Kyle Rote, Junior
Kyle Rote, Junior is a soccer player.
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“If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don’t stand still, leap forward.” -Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey is an American professional wrestler.
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“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” [translation to English]
“Le monde réel àl ses bornes; the monde imaginaire est infini.” [original French]
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva (now Geneva, Switzerland). He became a political theorist, an essayist, and a music composer. He is known for his book, “Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau” (1782). Jean-Jacques Rousseau passed on at 66 years of age on 2 July 1778 in Ermenonville, Kingdom of France.
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“We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower, that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.” -Joseph Roux: “Meditations of a Parish Priest” (1866), Part 9, LIV
Joseph Roux was born on 19 April 1834. He was a French Catholic parish priest, a poet, and a philologist. Joseph Roux passed on in February 1905.
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“I’m looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.” -Mike Rowe
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“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -J. K. Rowling: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997)
J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith are pseudonyms of Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling, who was born on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. She is a novelist and a screenwriter known as the author of the “Harry Potter” children’s books.
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“There is no disgrace to get knocked down - so long as you get back up.” -Darell Royal
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“One of the findings that really interests me is that, although we think we act because of the way we feel, we often feel because of the way we act. So an almost uncanny way to change your feelings is to act the way you wish you felt.” -Gretchen Rubin
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“I had a series of childhood illnesses . . . scarlet fever . . . pneumonia . . . Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn’t like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.” -Wilma Rudolph (1940 - 1994): as quoted in “USA Today” (6 August 1987) newspaper
“Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.” -Wilma Rudolph
Wilma Rudolph was born in 1940. She was a professional athlete. Wilma Rudolph passed on in 1994.
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“Always do your best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
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“Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.” -Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was born in 1746. Benjamin Rush passed on in 1813.
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“If you don’t pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes, and the first thing you know, the periphery is the center.” -Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk was born in 1909. He was an American politician. Dean Rusk passed on in 1994.
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“Continuity of purpose is one of the most essential ingredients of happiness in the long run, and for most men this comes chiefly through their work.” -Bertrand Russell
“I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a genius I feel quite sure that joy and happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet, when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite; joy and happiness is just around the corner.” -Bertrand Russell
“Man needs for his happiness not only the enjoyment of this or that but hope and enterprise and change.” -Bertrand Russell
“One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” -Bertrand Russell: “The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell: 1914 - 1944” (1968), volume II, chapter 5
“One should respect public opinion insofar as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.” -Bertrand Russell
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” -Bertrand Russell
“There are certain things that our age needs. It needs, above all, courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness.” -Bertrand Russell
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.” -Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales on 18 May 1872. He became a mathematician, a logician, a historian, a philosopher, an essayist, and a social critic. He taught at leading British and American universities. Bertrand Arthur William Russell passed on at 97 years of age on 2 February 1970 in Pourhyndendraeth, Meriohah, England.
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“You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.” -Charles M. Russell
Charles M. Russell was born in 1864. Charles M. Russell passed on in 1926.
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“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” -Babe Ruth
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” -Babe Ruth
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was a baseball player.
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“What creates the beauty of the world is the love we have for it.” -Roma Ryan
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