"Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it."
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"If you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without every having noticed it."
"Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow."
"Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'"
"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'"
"In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you."
"I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing."
"I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor."
"When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do."
"You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ."
"I use two yards of wrapping paper per one inch of present. Luckily I gave you the gift of love, so I was able to wrap it in tinfoil. Uncover before reheating."
"Women that can work a camera with ease often work men just as effortlessly for both require the same commitment to vanity and manipulation."
"A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover."
"The same sun that rises over castles and welcomes the daySpills over buildings into the streets where orphans playAnd only You can see the good in broken thingsYou took my heart of stone, and You made it homeAnd set this prisoner free"
"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."
"Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit."
"More people are leaving TV behind to read my books than ever before. In the last year alone I gained over two readers (three, to be exact). So I’d like to take a moment and say thanks mom, dad, and kidnap victim I keep chained in the basement."
"Perhaps all romance is like that; not a contract between equal parties but an explosion of dreams and desires that can find no outlet in everyday life. Only a drama will do and while the fireworks last the sky is a different colour."
"I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time."
"Maintaining the Distance between Wealth and Poverty [10w] The nouveau riche are far more ruthlessthan the rich."
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