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Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight.


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You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.



...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.



You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.



I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.



I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.



Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.



You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.



His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade



But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.



I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.





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but even if true belief about matters of importance is of intrinsic value, it does not follow that the value of truth should always trump every other value with which it might compete.

but even if true belief about matters of importance is of intrinsic value, it does not follow that the value of truth should always trump every other value with which it might compete.



Human beings are self-motivated. The two desires that spur human action are hunger and love. Without memory, humankind would no longer hunger for love.

Human beings are self-motivated. The two desires that spur human action are hunger and love. Without memory, humankind would no longer hunger for love.



Love conquers all.

Love conquers all.



We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.

We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.



Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.

Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.



People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.

People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.



Among our articles of lazy hardware, I recommend the faucet that stops dripping when no one is listening to it.

Among our articles of lazy hardware, I recommend the faucet that stops dripping when no one is listening to it.



who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.



I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.

I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.



I don't like to label films with a genre.

I don't like to label films with a genre.




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