The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves. - Deng Xiaoping

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama

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I never could bear the idea of anyone's expecting something from me. It always made me want to do just the opposite. ― Jean-Paul Sartre

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In performance, we have a greater purpose. The greater purpose is that we're communing together, and we want this moment to be really special for all of us. Because otherwise, why bother to have come at all? It's not about proving anything. It's about sharing something.

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If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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If something stands between you and your success, move it. —Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

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If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive. ― Kenneth Goldsmith

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An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful, inadequate; unalterable, or so it seems to me. Really, I believe that an entire life spent reading would have suited me best. Such a life has not been granted me. ― Michel Houellebecq

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Don't wake me for the end of the world unless it has very good special effects. ― Roger Zelazny

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If you believe something needs to exist, if it's something you want to use yourself, don't let anyone ever stop you from doing it. — Tobias Lütke

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