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Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.


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Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.



The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.



Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.



A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.



Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?



...it's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.

...it's very much like your trying to reach infinity. You know that it's there, you just don't know where-but just because you can never reach it doesn't mean that it's not worth looking for.



...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.

...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is.



We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don’t care if they make sense or nonsense.

We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don’t care if they make sense or nonsense.



He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.



And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.

And some looked even more like each other than they did like themselves.





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Who the hell cares about what anybody else thinks? Just look into your heart and do whatever the hell makes you happy.



Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.



Life is a party. Dress for it.

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I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.

I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.



When you love something, you're gonna be the best at it.

When you love something, you're gonna be the best at it.



I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.

I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way.



People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.



Aww, whats the problem, gertrude? You mean to tell me that you can't walk into a bar with a $100 bill on your forehead and walk with anything, either male or female?

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I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.

I always knew I wanted to be an actor. I was talented in college but not the most talented. But I knew I wanted to do it, and that intention got me there and kept me there.




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