“Here is some advice. If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches ….”

— Jeanette Winterson , book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)

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English writer 1959

Lisa Kleypas book Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor

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“You have a list of things that you want to do in life—to own your own house, to own your own car, to own your own yacht. [Making] wine was on my list, because it has a particular glamour to it.”

Luis Miguel (1970) Puerto Rican singer; music producer

http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Wine-Talk-Luis-Miguel_3307
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“Avoid the crowd, avoid mass audiences, keep your own counsel, which is the counsel of philosophy—of wisdom you can acquire and make your own.”

Zygmunt Bauman (1925–2017) Polish philosopher and sociologist

[paraphrasing the view of Seneca], p. 34.
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“The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff… and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?”

Jane Yolen book Armageddon Summer

Source: Armageddon Summer

“Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Pearls of Wisdom

“My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.”

Jim Harrison (1937–2016) American novelist, poet, essayist

Source: Songs of Unreason

“Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here.”

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

Speech at Brown University (1995)

“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Source: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then.”

Henry David Thoreau book Walden ou la vie dans les bois

Source: Walden

“If you don't clearly understand what you are looking for in a teacher or in internal work, you will inevitably accept someone else's agenda as your own. While you may start internal transformative work on the suggestion or advice of another person, at some point your practice has to become a response to your own questions about life and being.”

Ken McLeod (1948) Canadian lama

Wake Up To Your Life. (2002) pg. 12. (Topic: Practice)

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