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Quotes by Author
"To sit and contemplate - to remember the faces of women without desire, to be pleased by the great deeds of men without envy, to be everything and everywhere in sympathy and yet content to remain where and what you are."
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"You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right."
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"In my book I don't just demonstrate that free enterprise is the most efficient way of organizing an economy - which it is. I also show that it's an expression of American values, and, thus, that a fight for free enterprise is very much a fight for our culture."
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"Some don't want to be happy, inasmuch as they undergo happiness merely as languor and yawning. They are dissatisfied with a bland and vacuous state of glee and, instead, prefer to keep on running like raging bulls through the whims and quirks of life. In reality, their dissatisfaction is their contentment. ['Happiness blowing in the wind']"
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"You aren't in the ivy halls of your miserable literature pursuit now. Without wasting more time, will thou cometh to the pointeth? Dost thou wanteth us to stayeth or leaveth?"
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"Probably more than any concrete vice or failing Amory despised his own personality - he loathed knowing that to-morrow and the thousand days after he would sell pompously at a compliment and sulk at an ill word like a third-rate musician or a first-class actor."
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"A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours."
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"It is rudeness of the highest order to hit a family when they are down."
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"I will forever remind you that you are gifted, strong and beautiful, exactly as you are. Will you forever remind yourself, too?"
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"It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic."
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"Don't ever rely on others to acknowledge the importance of your presence on earth. Always affirm to yourself that your presence on earth matters greatly. This is because a lot of people don't believe in theirs and will surely not believe in yours."
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"All hate is the result of people refusing to take responsibility for their own lives."
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"The more you've struggled, the more inspiring your story will be when you come out the other side. Do not give up. Today's struggle brings tomorrow's wisdom."
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"Quit staring at my breasts," she hissed with a soft stomp of her heel.His gaze flashed to hers."Why? They're mine."
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"Every day comes with a host of opportunities but also distractions. You need to develop good judgement in the decisions and choices you make."
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"It's not about describing someone as that's typically an attempt to make whatever they are comfortable for whoever we are. Instead, we may wish to skip the agenda of the description and embrace the wonder of the person."
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"Only one person can stop me or keep me going, I myself."
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"You owe it to yourself to constantly experience the priceless feeling that comes with turning a great idea into reality."
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"Self-realization is largely a matter of achieving a person's formative personality definition. People whom lack self-realization oftentimes fail to integrate their desired personality traits into all phases of their life including social life, family life, and work life. In order to achieve satisfaction with oneself, a person must know what they wish for, know how to go about achieving their goals, be capable of recognizing where they now stand, and understand how they must change in order to attain their ultimate visage."
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"Wherever you are, be all there."
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"Your self-confidence is simply the part of your brain that tells you whether or not you should try something different or new or believe in yourself, and just as a Jedi truly believes that it is within their power to control their thoughts and stay in the Light, so can you."
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"The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large."
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"In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States."
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"We're making our decisions - or so we think. Yet in truth, ignorance, greed, and the scourge of immediate gratification are often the things that are making them. So if we're going to truly live well, maybe the first thing we need to decide is who's deciding."
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"Don't keep looking for "something" in the bag of "nothing". You will see the same thing again and again no matter how many times you repeat the look."
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"I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join me there and sometimes she doesn't, but she always knows where I'll be. She doesn't need to go hunting in the taverns or on the beach or drag the boulevard looking for me."
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"The key to triumph is the art of choosing your battles " staying focused on your vision and avoiding distraction."
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"The reason why salt and sugar are known to be sweet is that they season other things. Care to share and dare to do it every day!"
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"God has provided you with many avenues for obtaining wisdom and averting failure. Resist your inclination to accept advice with easy solutions and to reject help that requires a more difficult path."
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"The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that."
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"When we get married, we promise a person the rest of our lives, "Til death do us part". But what if in another life we promised someone forever? What if ten lifetimes ago we promised someone lifetime after lifetime after lifetime? Think about it. Maybe that's why marriages fail when they do fail. Because maybe promises are never really broken."
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"Equanimity can be hard to talk about."
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"This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses."
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"If you manage yourself, you control the flow of your time to the right direction. It takes self-discipline to be at the center of control for your own time."
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"I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty."
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