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Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.


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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.



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

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





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You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.



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If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.



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