Each person who ever was or is or will be has a song. It isn't a song that anybody else wrote. It has its own melody, it has its own words. Very few people get to sing their song. Most of us fear that we cannot do it justice with our voices, or that our words are too foolish or too honest, or too odd. So people live their song instead.

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People with ambition don’t give a damn what other people think of them. ― Diane Setterfield

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I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.

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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost. ― Henry David Thoreau

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There are rich people, and there are those who have money. They are not the same people.

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If you pay people not to work and tax them when they do, don't be surprised if you get unemployment.

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I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

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I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.

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