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It is a lie. 
Humans, not places, make memories. 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
I'm not an Emontional, but how???
I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. 
A servant who serves excellently from his whole heart with due courage and humility is never a serva... 
A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is... 
Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. 
I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing ... 
The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government. 
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it. 
Africa! Africa! Africa! 
Though why should we expect age to mellow us? If it isn't life's business to reward merit, why shoul... 
Mother Superior jump the gun...
Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. 
Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises? 
Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbe... 
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be. 
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. 
There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us.... 
The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpo... 
Life is a re-discovery. 
Life Is a Misconception. 
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With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... 
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The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others. 
College will probably destroy your love for poetry. Hours of boring analysis, dissection, and critic... 
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Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. 
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The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others. 
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