"Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy."

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"You won't forget a woman like her, easily anyway. Once you cross paths with Magic it's hard to see life the same."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"When people attempt to morph themselves into someone they are not as a way of conforming to their view of how they should be, they quell the very parts of themselves that makes them who they need to be. If we all fell under the category of normal, how would anyone ever succeed? We would all hover in the same place forever. No one would improve. Everyone would remain idle. We may even all begin to retrogress. I believe that part of being human is to have the ability to change and improve yourself. Be who you need to be, not who you think you should be."

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"I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter."

James Baldwin, American Novelist

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"Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you."

David Sedaris, American Writer

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"Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

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"I am not a little bit of many things; but I am the sufficient representation of many things. I am not an incompletion of all these races; but I am a masterpiece of the prolific. I am an entirety, I am not a lack of anything; rather I am a whole of many things. God did not see it needful to make me generic. He thinks I am better than that."

C. JoyBell C., American Author

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"Be as good as you would want to follow yourself."

Alin Sav, Romanian Author

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"She was always fighting a battle but her smile would never tell you so."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"While you were busy working on your ego, she was busy working on her soul."

Melody Lee, American Poet

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"Most men can make moves, decisions, mistakes, plans, money, babies, love, war, progress, or even history. Not all men have what it takes to make a worthwhile difference in this world. Substance, drive, dedication, intelligence, faith and values; that comes from within. Its not what a MAN can make but what a MAN is made of that's impressive."

Carlos Wallace, American Author

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"You won't forget a woman like her, easily anyway. Once you cross paths with Magic it's hard to see life the same."

"I can't be a pessimist because I'm alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter."

"Each one of us is left to choose our own quality of life and take pleasure where we find it with the understanding that, like Mom used to say, sooner or later something's gonna get you."

"Vulnerability really means to be strong and secure enough within yourself that you are able to walk outside without your armor on. You are able to show up in life as just you. That is genuine strength and courage. Armor may look tough, but all it does is mask insecurity and fear."

"Be as good as you would want to follow yourself."

"She was always fighting a battle but her smile would never tell you so."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

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"What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?"