"Self-perception is more important than any other factor in predicting success."

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"One study suggests that the most effective way to increase n Achievement may be to try simply and directly to alter the nature of an individual’s fantasies."

— David C. McClelland

Psychology1917–1998

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"To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom."

— Evelyn Waugh

Journalism1903–1966

#love

"Even among the earliest Stoics, Logic or Dialectic does not occupy the same place as in Plato: it is considered only as an instrument which is to be used for the other divisions of Philosophy."

— George Long (scholar)

Literature1800–1879

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"Thus monopoly is limited by competition, and no owner, whether of labour, land or capital, can, theoretically speaking,obtain a larger share of produce for it than what other owners of exactly the sam…"

— William Stanley Jevons

Economics1835–1882

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