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Why do so many people yearn for an eternal life when they don't even know what to do with themselves in this brief one?


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The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.



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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.



Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.



When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'



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Happiness is a direction, not a place.



History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.



The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.



There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.

There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.



Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.



The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.





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The rational transparency and beauty of the universe are surely too remarkable to be treated as just happy accidents.



So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.

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I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.



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