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Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

—Meister Eckhart

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Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.

—Unknown

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Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.

—Francis Beaumont

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

—Nelson Mandela

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A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Insist on yourself; never imitate... Every great man is unique.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.

—Chuck Palahniuk

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Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. None of Nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild.

—John Muir

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Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

—Publilius Syrus

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Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.

—Danny Kaye

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Art suffers the moment other people start paying for it. The more you need the money, the more people will tell you what to do. The less control you will have. The more bullshit you will have to swallow. The less joy it will bring. Know this and plan accordingly.

—Hugh Macleod

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Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.

—Earl Warren

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Just as I had to go through a transition period, I guess [my friends and family] did, too.

—Jennifer Hudson

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The only time I ever really suffered in body or mind, the only time that I ever fancied myself unwell, or had any ideas of danger, was the winter that I passed by myself. As long as we could be together, nothing ever ailed me, and I never met with the smallest inconvenience.

—Jane Austen

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Somebody once said that beauty is the passport to success, but it's not a passport. It's a visa and it expires.

—Michael J. Mosley and Nicholas Rossiter

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