"Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it."

William Christopher Handy, American Musician

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

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"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Vulnerability gives us freedom, power and connects us to a network of injured souls. It is through the art of being real that we can heal ourself and others."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"Once born, how long a man will live matters. Once dead, how long he has lived doesn't."

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