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When I see somebody 'suffering for their art', it%uFFFDs usually a case of them not knowing where that red line is, not knowing where the sovereignty lies.

—Hugh Macleod

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Voices that loud are always meant to bully. Do not be bullied. Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and, yes your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world.

—Anna Quindlen

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A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.

—Kate Clinton

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Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.

—Elizabeth Aston

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I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.

—John Wayne

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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

—Albert Schweitzer

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It can be a real struggle to accept that sometimes appearance can be more important than talent or intelligence.

—Jennifer Hudson

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One can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.

—Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

—Pythagoras

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Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.

—Michael Masser and Linda Creed

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Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you.

—William Blake

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You have to be careful who you let define your good.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts.

—Georges Rouault

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I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.

—Thomas Jefferson

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That's just the way things go. We meet people, get to know them and then they get up and leave us behind.

—Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

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