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Albert Camus Quotes: The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.
         

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.


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Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.



Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.

Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.



Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.



Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?

Life is a sum of all your choices". So, what are you doing today?



The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation

The Four Conditions of Happiness: Life in the open air, Love for another being,Freedom from ambition,Creation



You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.



Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?

Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?



I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.



You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.



It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.





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I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.

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I had always thought that I would do something that was connected to music as a career, or possibly Chinese, which was my major.



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When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.



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I know that I cannot take responsibility for other people. We are all under the law of our own consciousness.



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The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.



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Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.



A man must not only have faith but intellectual faith too. To make a man take up everything and believe it, would be to make him a lunatic.

A man must not only have faith but intellectual faith too. To make a man take up everything and believe it, would be to make him a lunatic.




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