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We must look a long time before we can see


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

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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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite.



When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes.

When the world uncovers some dark disguise, Embrace the darkness with averted eyes.



I woke up and one of us was crying.

I woke up and one of us was crying.



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They claim a hidden corner of our hearts, all those moments that stay with us unscreamed. That's where loves, like elephants, drag themselves to die. It's the place where pride allows itself to cry.



All labels are offensive in some way.

All labels are offensive in some way.



It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.



You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.



The theater used to be a place where you look like a human being. Now people look like they just got out of bed.

The theater used to be a place where you look like a human being. Now people look like they just got out of bed.



Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

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The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack.




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This page presents the quote "We must look a long time before we can see". Author of this quote is Henry David Thoreau. This quote is about long time, observation, long, looks,.