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Conformity—the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something recognized as authority.


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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.



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Never regret anything that made you smile.



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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.



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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.



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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.



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Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.



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Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.



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Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember that when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.



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Let us always remember that he does not really believe his own opinion, who dares not give free scope to his opponent.




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