Every life, properly understood, is compelling. Anyone aspiring to be an artist knows there’s no such thing as why-bother or nothing-to-see.

—David Shields

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For the American ice hockey defenseman, see David Shields (ice hockey)

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Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

—Wilson Mizner

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People find life entirely too time-consuming.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

—Bertrand Russell

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Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.

—Edward Teller

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Life is meant to be lived, and if you're offered the chance to experience things with an extraordinary person, then there isn't one reason in the world to say no.

—Amber L. Johnson in Puddle Jumping

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