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James Clear

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David Goggins

42 quotes

Alan Watts

552 quotes

Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was born on October 7, 1931, in Munsieville, South Africa. A South African citizen throughout his life, he worked in English across his overlapping roles as a cleric, Protestant theologian, political activist, and non-fiction writer.

519 quotes

Amanda Lovelace

79 quotes

Seth Godin

Seth Godin was born on July 10, 1960, in Mount Vernon, and holds citizenship in the United States. He attended Williamsville East High School before going on to study at Tufts University School of Engineering, a path that brought him through institutions on the American East Coast and shaped the foundation of his professional life.

1,266 quotes

Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk was born on November 14, 1975, in Babruysk, a city where he held Soviet citizenship in his early years. That origin — geographically distant from the English-speaking world in which he would eventually operate — frames the cultural span of his biography. He later came to hold citizenship of the United States, and it is within the American context that his professional life has taken shape, conducted in English and oriented toward business, media, and technology.

634 quotes

Patrick Bet-David

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Tim Ferriss

537 quotes

Sam Altman

414 quotes

Ray Dalio

Principles: Life & Work is a notable work by Ray Dalio, the American financier, investor, hedge fund manager, and entrepreneur.

262 quotes

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is a British writer, comics writer, poet, television writer, film producer, journalist, and actor, born on 10 November 1960 in Portchester, who works in the English language across a broad range of creative forms.

2,216 quotes

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson is an American novelist and short story writer, born on December 19, 1975, in Lincoln, Nebraska, who writes in English.

1,392 quotes

Stephen King

The latter half of the twentieth century saw horror fiction emerge as a dominant force in American popular literature, moving from the margins of pulp publishing toward mainstream cultural prominence. Stephen King, born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, became one of the most productive and recognized figures working within that shift.

3,428 quotes

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937, is a novel by Zora Neale Hurston written in English. The same year, Hurston also published Tell My Horse, making 1937 a period of notable output across her writing life.

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Toni Morrison

980 quotes

Carl Jung

In 1944, Carl Jung published *Psychology and Alchemy*, one of several major works in which he developed his ideas in written form — a milestone that illustrates the sustained productivity of a Swiss psychiatrist whose career spanned decades of writing and clinical practice.

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Erich Fromm

647 quotes