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“Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.”
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“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.”
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“Curiously enough, it is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.”
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“... all Compliments Exceed the Truth ...”
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“I hate people doing an emotional striptease. It's never genuine or they wouldn't drag outsiders in.”
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“... the woods, tall as waves, sang in mixed / tongues that loosened the scalp ...”
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“... whatever San Francisco is or is not, it is never dull. Life there is in a perpetual ferment. It is as though the city kettle had been set on the stove to boil half a century ago and had never been taken off. The steam is pouring out of the nose. The cover is dancing up and down. The very kettle is rocking and jumping. But by some miracle the destructive explosion never happens.”
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“If you have a desire to do a thing, count it as proof positive that you can do it. Desire and fulfillment are two side to one whole. If it were not possible for you to fulfill the desire, it would not be possible to entertain it either. The desire is God's silent plea to let Him work through you. It is God's silent guarantee that He will see you through if you will but begin.”