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Woe be to the generation that lets any higher faculty in its midst go unemployed.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



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There is no remedy for love but to love more.



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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



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The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say: "This was their finest hour."



Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price

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More often than not, the easy decisions are the wrong decisions, and sometimes we feel like we're going backward when we're actually moving forward.



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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.



If you want to get attacked, have an opinion.

If you want to get attacked, have an opinion.



You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.

You have to deal with what you encounter. But you must not be reduced. And so a way not to be reduced is don't whine! Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low.



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Love is no conditions. Love is given, despite hurt or rejection. Love is life and breath and touch. Love is helping someone live.



Id like to do a romantic comedy like Notting Hill, which is one of my favorite movies.

Id like to do a romantic comedy like Notting Hill, which is one of my favorite movies.



You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.

You must first put something into your life before you can get something out of it.




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