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"The moon cannot outshine the sun."
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"Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that apples were onions."

"Prostitutes are paid for taking their clothes off. Celebrities are paid for putting others' clothes on."

"The dividing line between those who will be great and those who will be mediocre is the amount of time each person converts into added value to himself."

". . . they would neither hate nor envy us if they did not deem us so much happier than themselves."

"Just because someone throws their success in your face doesn't mean you have to let it get in your eyes."

"All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest."

"Flying from the U.S. to Tokyo takes approximately as long as law school."

"What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us."

"If we come from the water, I conclude that we come from different kinds of it. I will meet a person and in his eyes see an ocean, deep and never ending; then I will meet another person and feel as though I have stepped into a shallow puddle on the street, there is nothing in it. Or maybe some of us come from the water, and some of us come from somewhere else; then it's all a matter of finding those who are the same as us."

"Sugar candy tasted better than bitter truth."
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"The sun is never denied the light it gives; likewise, you are never denied the kindness you bestow."

"Love is ill-mannered; it can knock on your heart early, stay late, and leave without saying goodbye."
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