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You took the best, so why not take the rest?


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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.



I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.



Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.



Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.



The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.


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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.



If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.



You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.



Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.



The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.





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He who is content in his poverty is wonderfully rich.

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With the proper training, I could've been an evil genius.



It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.

It's my motto for life. 'Walk slowly; drink lots of water.



Beware of geeks, you know, bearing formulas.

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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.



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