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Marriage can be compared to a cage: birds outside it despair to enter, and birds within, to escape.


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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.



Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.




A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.



My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.



There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.



A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.



Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.



Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.



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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.





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You know you drank too much the night before when you wake up with crop circles in your pubes.

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Experience isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

Experience isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.



Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.

Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.



Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.

Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.



When I'm performing, I hope my research and my experience with those things I'm talking about rings true.

When I'm performing, I hope my research and my experience with those things I'm talking about rings true.



Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.

Unseen hands delay The coming of what oft seems close in ken, And, contrary, the moment, when we say "'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.



The road is a fun place, and it's a great place to get out there and explore the country. But as far as the road life with the 'rock n' roll temptations,' there's not much of that with me.

The road is a fun place, and it's a great place to get out there and explore the country. But as far as the road life with the 'rock n' roll temptations,' there's not much of that with me.



Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.

Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.



The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.

The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.




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