It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

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willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.

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We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made of layers, cells, constellations.

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The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.

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We see the world as 'we' are, not as 'it' is; because it is the "I" behind the 'eye' that does the seeing.

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I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.

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Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

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