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Why choose to be right instead of happy when there is no way to be right?


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Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.

Live as if everything you do will eventually be known.



Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.

Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.



Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.

Letting go is freedom. When you find yourself in a useless battle, you merely walk off the battlefield.



There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child.

There are only three things you need to let go of judging, controlling, and being right. Release these three and you will have the whole mind and twinkly heart of a child.



Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.

Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.



An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.

An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.



It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.



It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.

It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.



A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.

A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.



There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.





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The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.



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There was a saying in Umuofia that as a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.



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Man cannot pretend to be higher in ethics, spirituality, advancement, or civilization than other creatures and at the same time live by lower standards than the vulture or hyena.



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All the past is here, present to be tried; let it approve itself if it can.




I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help.

I hope the new health care exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act will provide some help.



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Not only can the media not take Trump out, the media can't even hurt him. And when they try, he gets even more powerful, or more popular.




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