You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I.
E. E. CUMMINGSExisting’s tricky:but to live’s a gift.
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The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.
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Remember one thing only: that it’s you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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One’s not half two. It’s two are halves of one.
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Only by you my heart always moves.
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We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
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Notice the convulsed orange inch of moon perching on this silver minute of evening.
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The eyes of my eyes are opened.
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The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
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If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little – somebody who is obsessed by Making.
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The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.
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A pretty girl who is naked is worth a million statues.
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I’d rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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