“To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.”
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“In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.”
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“Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance and shimmy, and you've got an audience!”
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“There is peace even in the storm”
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“I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.”
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“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”
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“La tristesse durera toujours.[The sadness will last forever.]”
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“It always strikes me, and it is very peculiar, that, whenever we see the image of indescribable and unutterable desolation—of loneliness, poverty, and misery, the end and extreme of things—the thought of God comes into one's mind.”
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“The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection ...***...is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.”
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“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
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“Lately the muse has been treating me like Ike treated Tina.”
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“When I was your age, art was a lonely thing: no galleries, no collecting, no critics, no money. We didn't have mentors. We didn't have parents. We were alone. But it was a great time, because we had nothing to lose and a vision to gain.”
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“Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience.”
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“Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle”
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“Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments.”
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