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Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.

Shel Silverstein

When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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Light Philosophy Stop
And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Happiness Love Tree
Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Savage Yourself
Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy.
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Love Man Tree
If you are a dreamer come in.
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Dream One Liner
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
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Explanation Talk
How much good inside a day? Depends on how good you live ’em. How much love inside a friend? Depends on how much you give ’em.
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Deep Friendship Goodness Live Love
I’ve found my missin’ piece So grease my knees and fleece my bees I’ve found my missin’ piece.
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Missing Myself Pieces
If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
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Dream Story Yourself
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
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Children Impossible Inspirational
So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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Love Myself One Liner
There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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End Happiness Philosophy Sad
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Himself Wasted Time
This boat that we just built is just fine – and don’t try to tell us it’s not the sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.
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Divine Forget Try
But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Magic Myself One Liner Self Love
And he didn’t really know where he was going, but he did know he was going somewhere because you really have to go somewhere, don’t you?
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Himself Philosophy

Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.

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