"Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us."
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"If you really want the key to success, start by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing."
"She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason."
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."
"I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles."
"When you're here, I'm there for you. And when you're there, I'm here for you."
"We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature has assigned that they should be thus fed, while God has honoured us with rational speech and a sense of equity. And yet we are become worse than the wild beast."
"If you are a dreamer come in"
"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
"time made me stronger, you're no longer on my mind"
"What is now proved was once only imagined."
"I thought my family was really funny. Everybody in my family was funny. My mom and dad both have great senses of humor and really saw the funny in stuff, so I think that's probably where it came from. I always try to see the funny in things."
"When in darkness....strike a match"
"Upgrading [10w] Promise them the worldto get the universe in return."
"Do your thing and don't care if they like it."
"Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream."
"Go with your Gut Our eyes, our mind plays tricks.Our love muscle, our heartchooses blindly and impulsively.But our gut,ahh, our gut,always makes the wise choice ~and goes straight for the burning hot pocketsfresh out of the microwavebecause our mouthsahh, our mouths,never needed a roof in the first place."
"Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued."
"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it."
"I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing."
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