"Life isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you DO with what you get."

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“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”

“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.”

“It's become impossible to deny he means something to me.”

“Yes, St. Claire. I like you. But I can't say it aloud, because he's my friend. And friends don't let other friends make drunken declarations and expect them to act upon them the next day”

“I look at you, and I think about you, and ... I don't know. No one has ever confounded me the way you do.”

“I'm saying I'm in love with you! I've been in love with you this whole bleeding year!”

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"There shall always be much silence in a man's conduct. He shall speak only about a matter concerned with wisdom or matters that are necessary to keep his body alive."

— Maimonides

Religion1135–1204

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"It is no accident that propels people like us to Paris. Paris is simply an artificial stage, a revolving stage that permits the spectator to glimpse all phases of the conflict. Of itself Paris initiat…"

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"You cannot turn the clock back, you cannot give the island of Manhattan back to the indigenous, but on the other hand, you can ensure that the indigenous can maintain their way of life."

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

Law1947

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