To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ― W. Somerset Maugham

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The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. - Audrey Hepburn

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A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. - Kurt Vonnegut

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We perceive the world through the rear window of life, observe all the puzzles and little pieces of our existence and assemble them in a comprehensive pattern. This allows us to reassess and evaluate our world view. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" ) ― Erik Pevernagie

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Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

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Nobody is exempt from the trials of life, but everyone can always find something positive in everything even in the worst of times. ― Roy T. Bennett

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can. ― Yann Martel

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