One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

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The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now. ― Rick Warren

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Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

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Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. ― Malcolm X

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Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me. I escape, one way or another. No more walls.

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We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment. ― David Levithan

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The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. – Kobe Bryant

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It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. — J. K. Rowling

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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. — Henry David Thoreau

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