One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately. ~Aaron Taylor Johnson
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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