The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I love the smell of book ink in the morning.― Umberto Eco

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My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can. – Cary Grant

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When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love… — Marcus Aurelius

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

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You can’t be what you can’t see. – Michael Jordan

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I was astounded at the passion and fire of the melody itself. I could not describe it then, nor can I now. Was it just his voice or something more tangible emerging from his very soul that could arouse such emotion in another person, and bring one's innermost thoughts to life?

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But I remember the morning after The Mask of Virtue-which is the first play I did at the West End-that some critics saw fit to be as foolish as to say that I was a great actress. And I thought, that was a foolish, wicked thing to say, because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry. And it took me years to learn enough to live up to what they said-for those first notices. I find it so stupid. I remember the critic very well, and have never forgiven him.

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Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ― Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues

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I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully. — Anna Howard Shaw

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