"Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely."

Emotional, Feeling

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"Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely."

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"I believe in unconditional love... I believe in dangerous unselfishness... I believe in daring to achieve... I believe in making mistakes... I believe in helping others... I believe in moving on... I believe in passionate romance... I believe in living the fullness of this human experience... I believe in ME..."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"The breath of being is been able to share your bread."

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"My heart gladdens, knowing someone think of at Christmas."

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"We all have human emotions that rob our lives."

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"Sadness comes from expectations. To be happy, adapt to everything and expect nothing."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Distress leads to dimness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"May your heart overflows with exceeding joy."

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"There are not many things that are more powerful than love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Smile because it's infectious.Love because it's contagious."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

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People, Writers

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"I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."

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"There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints."

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"I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step."

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"If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer."

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"I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet Laureates had been considerably older than I. It was not something that I even had begun to dream about!"

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"Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely."

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"The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings."

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"It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded."

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