But a man cannot remain indifferent to the world around him; it worries him and torments him to think that he could be happier somewhere else, and that he is where he is simply through a mistake of fate.

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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. - Henry Ford

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Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. ― Ronald Reagan

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Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves be carried away by his unequaled imagination, they look for allegories — and come up with nothing but clichés: life is absurd (or it is not absurd), God is beyond reach (or within reach), etc. You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.

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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. ― Ronald Reagan

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I've heard that hard work never killed anyone, but I say why take the chance? ― Ronald Reagan

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. -C. S. Lewis

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Do your emotions feel too intense? Then you are meant to feel this deeply, to evoke profound transformation in yourself and to extend empathy to others. ― Robin S. Baker

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We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. ― Ronald Reagan

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It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so. ― Ronald Reagan

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