God, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody. ― Mike Tyson

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The hard work of sowing seed in what looks like perfectly empty earth has a time of harvest. All suffering, pain, emptiness, disappointment is seed: sow it in God and He will, finally, bring a crop of joy from it.

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The realest people don’t have a lot of friends. — Tupac Shakur

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Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine. ― Criss Jami

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It’s important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendship that we are not. — Mignon McLaughlin

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It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett

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Nobody can hurt me without my permission. — Mahatma Gandhi

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Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody. ― Stephen Chbosky

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Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing. - Luke Evans

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It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends. — J.K. Rowling

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