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We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first.


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Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.



The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.



We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.



Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.



Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?



You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.



If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.



Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.



The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.



It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.





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Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)

Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)



You have to keep doing it, Even if no one is watching. The best artists, are those Who live from their expressions, Not chasing the impressions.

You have to keep doing it, Even if no one is watching. The best artists, are those Who live from their expressions, Not chasing the impressions.



Do you not hear the constant victory, in the human footraceof time, slow as fire, sure, and thick and Herculeanaccumulating its volume and adding its sad fiber?

Do you not hear the constant victory, in the human footraceof time, slow as fire, sure, and thick and Herculeanaccumulating its volume and adding its sad fiber?



Mystery of love is like digging water: everything closes. (Mystère de l'amour est comme - Creuser l'eau : tout se referme)

Mystery of love is like digging water: everything closes. (Mystère de l'amour est comme - Creuser l'eau : tout se referme)



The whole point of life is to learn love. Life is the school, love is the lesson and we are all here to teach each other.

The whole point of life is to learn love. Life is the school, love is the lesson and we are all here to teach each other.



Believe in yourself When you doEveryone will see and believe too

Believe in yourself When you doEveryone will see and believe too



I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.

I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.



our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory

our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory



I believe in the power that not only allows the sun to rise but turns seeds into flowers and dreams into realities.

I believe in the power that not only allows the sun to rise but turns seeds into flowers and dreams into realities.



What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.

What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.




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