To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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- The way to write is to throw your body at the mark when all your arrows are spent. – Ralph Waldo Emerson