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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

—Oprah Winfrey, media mogul, television host, and actress

It’s almost embarrassing to admit this, but it’s true: there hasn’t been a day in my
adult life when I haven’t spent some time thinking about merchandising.

—Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart (from his book Sam Walton: Made in America, 1992) Your
work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what
you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

—Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple and Pixar Animation (from his 2005 commencement address at
Stanford University)

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

—Albert Einstein, developer of the theory of relativity, discussing musician Ernst Bloch in 1950

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

—Edward George Bulwer Lytton, novelist (from The Last Days of Pompeii, 1834) What makes an
entrepreneur is not knowing everything about business, but rather being passionate and fearless.

—Rehan Choudhry, founder of Life is Beautiful Festival and speaker (from article “The Best
Business Advice You’ll Ever Get,” Entrepreneur, July 2, 2014)