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Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.


Myrna Loy

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Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.
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WALTER BAGEHOT This life is a process of learning.
LAURYN HILL Life is a process. We are a process. The universe is a process.
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MELANIE CHISHOLM Life is a grand party.
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GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Hodor," said Hodor.
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MORIHEI UESHIBA For me, life is a bowl of cherries.
SISSY SPACEK Life is a right, not collateral or casual.
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GARY F EVANS... Start seeing a way for yourself. Stop seeing a way for others.
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.
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Even longer,' Pooh answered.”
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CRE I want to share this bed with you, though," I breathed. "I want you to hold me."
Stars flicker...
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HAILE GEBRSELASSIE For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
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