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I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Not believing in anything is also a religion .
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We want Realism’s wealth of experience and Symbolism’s depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Woman gives herself as a prize to the weak and as a prop to the strong and no man ever has what he should.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love – any love – reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese There is something indecent in words .
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We never remember days, only moments.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese It’s pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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As an entrepreneur, I choose my teachers carefully, very carefully. I am extremely cautious of the people with whom I spend my time and to whom I listen.
Donald TrumpDonald Trump People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie or even what you say, right? They care about what you build.
Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
EuripidesEuripides Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.
Thich Nhat HanhThich Nhat Hanh The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.
Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
Coco ChanelCoco Chanel