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traditions that have lost their meaning are the hardest of all to destroy.


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There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.



The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.



To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.



One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.



If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.



The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!



Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.



One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.




Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

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Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well.



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German economic salvation has been brought about solely through the efforts of the German people and the experience they have gained. Countries abroad have contributed nothing to this.



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The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.



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The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.



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Don't beat yourself up," said Charlotte. "True love can be so easily mistaken for other things-friendship, humane concern, indigestion.

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