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Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
We Should All Be Feminists
Make Good Art
Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
I Talk Like a River
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
The Art of Public Speaking
The Gettysburg Address
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death
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Barack Obama
“ Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that w ...more ”
― Barack Obama

Steve Jobs
“ Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ...more ”
― Steve Jobs

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