“I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.”
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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
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“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
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“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I
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“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding
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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
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“What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.”
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
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“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.”
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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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“Don’t be tempted by the things your friends have, do, or like…You are not like them. Concentrate on doing what you are capable of doing.”
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“A strong person is the one who knows how to be quiet, shed a tear for a moment, trusting in God, having faith, and then picks up their sword to fight again.”
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“When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their limitations, not yours.”