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Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym Quotes: ...she was betting on the fact that people were basically good, despite all the Evil in the world.
         

...she was betting on the fact that people were basically good, despite all the Evil in the world.


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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.



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Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him.



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There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.



Love, too, was just a question of time

Love, too, was just a question of time



Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.



And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.



They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.



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