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Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes: I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
         

I will appoint captains to rule my cities, for it is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.


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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.



If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.



What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.



Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.



Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.



And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.



As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.



The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.



True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.



I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.





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At the same time, on the networks, there are thousands of groups that are building lifestreams, or lifestreaming for themselves in their own way. We'd love to see this activity.



Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it.

Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it.



America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.

America as we know it will end unless we end Medicare as we know it.



The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.



There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.



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Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many places is so desperately dull.



Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.

Have confidence in your ability to do it right, and work hard to do the best possible job.




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