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People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.


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Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.



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The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.



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There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.



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Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.



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Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.



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Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.



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One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.



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The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.





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وإذا أنْتَ أثْبَتتَ أنَّ الكَلْبَ أوْفى مِنْكَ، فَأنا ما زِلْتُ إنْسانًاAnd if you have proven that dog is more loyal than you, I am still human

وإذا أنْتَ أثْبَتتَ أنَّ الكَلْبَ أوْفى مِنْكَ، فَأنا ما زِلْتُ إنْسانًاAnd if you have proven that dog is more loyal than you, I am still human




But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.

But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.



We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence.

We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence.



I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.



The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.



Once you are able to make your request in such a way that you will be quite certain of its fulfillment, then the fulfillment will come.

Once you are able to make your request in such a way that you will be quite certain of its fulfillment, then the fulfillment will come.



I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that's a cliche.

I kinda feel like everything comes full circle in life, even though that's a cliche.



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A generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster.



I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.

I started when I was in 'The King and I' when I was on Broadway when I was nine.




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