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What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.


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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.



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I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.



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True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.



Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.



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The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.



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My soul comes from better worlds and I have an incurable homesickness of the stars.



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You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.



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In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.



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But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple-pie and cheese.



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