I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed. ― Booker T. Washington

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Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the same rise, right above the water? Everything was the same. The blue-and-white waves ran up the yellow shore holding hands. The sun was setting behind the mountains, and at the far end of the lake the water was tinged with pink. The swans wheeled over the water with excited, exultant cries. They soared up and dropped down on outspread wings that seemed to hum. They whipped up the water and started wide, foaming circles. Everything was the same, only there was no Asel with me. Where are you, my slender poplar in a red kerchief, where are you now?

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You see, doing one thing differently is very often the same as doing everything differently. ― Matt Haig

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Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

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One pays for everything, the trick is not to pay too much of anything for anything.

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Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life._ Germaine Greer

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Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn't a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms. ― Becca Fitzpatrick

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I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. — Bette Davis

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