"One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff."

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"One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff."

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"All I have learned in life really just boils down to this: there is only one difference between the so-called wise and the so-called foolish...and between those who are truly happy and those who are not. Those who are wise - and those who are happy - embrace and appreciate life. Those who are unhappy and unwise do not. That is all, that is the only difference."

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"Did you see that dress? "I saw the dress. "Did you like it? He didn't answer. I took that as a yes. "Am I going to endanger my reputation if I wear it to the dance? When he spoke, I could barely hear him. "You'll endanger the school. I smiled and fell asleep."

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"When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't."

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