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be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.


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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.



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.



It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.





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Hell people talk about hell, love people talk about love!

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You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again.

You never watch movies the same as you do when you're a kid, ever again.



No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.

No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.



Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.

Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.



I'm not angry at anyone.

I'm not angry at anyone.



always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.

always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you'll have to eat them, you can swallow it well.



The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.

The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead.



Evolution isn't true, because if we evolved from monkeys, how can they still be here?

Evolution isn't true, because if we evolved from monkeys, how can they still be here?



I fear vastly more a futile, incompetent old age than I do any form of death.

I fear vastly more a futile, incompetent old age than I do any form of death.




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