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Living in age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. —The Balconinny, and Other Essays, Playwright, J. B. Priestley
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Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore, or in the mountains—a dream you have cherished only too fondly yourself. —The Meditations, Philosopher, Aurelius
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Every day that we allow ourselves to take things for granted, every day that we allow some little physical infirmity or worldly worry to come between us and our obstinate, indignant, defiant exultation,we are weakening our genius for life. —The Meaning of Culture, Essayist, John Cowper Powys
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Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. ——Dead Poets Society, Screenwriter, Tom Schulman
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There were lots of things to stop and see—and then it was time to go, always time to go. —Slaughterhouse-Five, Writer, Kurt Vonnegut
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Many of my movies have strong female leads—brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. —Interview with The Guardian (2013), Director, Hayao Miyazaki
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Many of my movies have strong female leads—brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. —Interview with The Guardian (2013), Director, Hayao Miyazaki
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Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That's part of what it means to be alive. —Kafka on the Shore, Novelist, Haruki Murakami
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People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd. ——The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Novelist, Muriel Barbery
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People aim for the stars, and they end up like goldfish in a bowl. I wonder if it wouldn't be simpler just to teach children right from the start that life is absurd. ——The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Novelist, Muriel Barbery
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A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity. —Einstein: His Life and Universe, Biographer, Walter Isaacson
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I have great faith in fools—self-confidence my friends will call it. —Marginalia, Novelist, Edgar Allan Poe
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My recommendation: don't be special; don't be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as a rising star or an undiscovered genius. Choose to measure yourself not as some horrible victim or dismal failure. Instead, measure yourself by more mundane identities: a student, a partner, a friend, a creator. —The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Writer, Mark Manson
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The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair. —Vivian Grey, Essayist, Benjamin Disraeli
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Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream. ——Thou Art Gone From My Gaze, Poet, George Linley
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Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream, And I seek thee in vain by the meadow and stream. ——Thou Art Gone From My Gaze, Poet, George Linley
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Conceptually, I am open to mistakes—errors, actually. I do play lots of wrong notes while I am making some music, and a mistake or a wrong note is like a gift for me: "Oh, wow, an unknown sound or an unknown harmony." —Interview with Ruth Saxelby, Composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto
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We hoard up our infinite wealth of words between the boards of dictionaries and in speech dole out the worn bronze coinage of our vocabulary. We are the misers of philological history. —The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne, Novelist,William J. Locke
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You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves. —Kokoro, Novelist, Natsume Soseki
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. —To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace, Writer, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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