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What we needed were not words and promises but a steady accumulation of small realities.


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Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.

Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching the skies for dreams.



I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.

I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.



No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.



Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it's too late. Say what you're feeling. Waiting is a mistake.



I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.

I probably still haven’t completely adapted to the world. I don’t know, I feel like this isn’t the real world. The people, the scene: they just don’t seem real to me.



But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?

But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?



The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.

The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.



When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.

When I first met you, I felt a kind of contradiction in you. You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.



When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.



I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.





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If God really valued loyalty, He would have blessed every single believer before He even considered blessing a single nonbeliever.

If God really valued loyalty, He would have blessed every single believer before He even considered blessing a single nonbeliever.



Here is our rapin' cave. It's not much of a cave... and we haven't done much rapin'... but man, we've had some good times.

Here is our rapin' cave. It's not much of a cave... and we haven't done much rapin'... but man, we've had some good times.



Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.

Though I do not believe that my desire for Paradise proves that I shall enjoy it, I think it a pretty good indication that such a thing exists and that some men will.



So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.

So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.



Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.



Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference.



Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.

Human beings will believe in all kinds of things that aren't true, and that's okay. And TV is a part of that.



The less you talk, the more time you have for the essential things.

The less you talk, the more time you have for the essential things.



Soldiers' bellies are not satisfied with empty promises and hopes.

Soldiers' bellies are not satisfied with empty promises and hopes.



Their silence is enough praise.

Their silence is enough praise.




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