Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it. ― Henry James

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I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. -Dwayne Johnson

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I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have. ― Holly Black

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It's far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone — so far. ― Marilyn Monroe

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If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. ― Oprah Winfrey

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Enjoy every step you take. If you're curious, there is always something new to be discovered in the backdrop of your daily life. ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. -- Jim Morrison

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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. ― John Ruskin

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My brother Peter was always the life of the party, and so the running joke for the first 12 years of my life was he was Pete, and I was 'Re-Pete.' - Benjamin Bratt

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Go for someone who is proud to have you. ― Frank Ocean

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