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For really, dreaming is the well-mannered people's way of committing suicide.


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The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.



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You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.



I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.

I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.



There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne — bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.

There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne — bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.



There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.

There are many ways to the recognition of truth, and Burgundy is one of them.



A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage.

A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage.



Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul.



What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.

What is it which is bought dearly, offered for nothing, and then most often refused?--Experience, old people's experience.



Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.



Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.

Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma, choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution. Be brave, be brave.





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Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.



Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.

Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.



Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.

Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself.



The way I've been brought up to is take critiques and turn them into positives in my game.

The way I've been brought up to is take critiques and turn them into positives in my game.



If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.

If only the weather would improve, there'd be hope of some work, but every day brings rain.



A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement.

A verse from the Veda says, 'What you see, you become.' In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement.



It’s like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

It’s like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.



Oh! How should all hearts be taken with this Christ? Why stand ye gazing on the toys of this world, when such a Christ is offered to you in the Gospel? Can the world die for you?

Oh! How should all hearts be taken with this Christ? Why stand ye gazing on the toys of this world, when such a Christ is offered to you in the Gospel? Can the world die for you?



Just take it easy and celebrate the malleable reality. You see, nothing is ever at is seems, yeah this life is but a dream.

Just take it easy and celebrate the malleable reality. You see, nothing is ever at is seems, yeah this life is but a dream.



Maybe next time, but probably not.

Maybe next time, but probably not.




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