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Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not.


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The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!



Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.



My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.



The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.



We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.



There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.



Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.



I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.



It's been a long time since I've been me.

It's been a long time since I've been me.



I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.





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....the perfect beauty of the pattern that each raindrop makes as it joins its puddle.

....the perfect beauty of the pattern that each raindrop makes as it joins its puddle.



My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.

My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.



Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.

Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that. I just started doin' it in front of an audience and had to deliver.



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The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world.

The real history, the one that counts and is not to be found in books, is precisely this one, the one made by simple men; and it is the only one that rules the world.



...Lovers are Like walking ghosts, they always haunt the spot Of their misdeeds.

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I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.

I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.



Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.

Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live.



Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.




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