What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.

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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

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Life gets harder the smarter you get, the more you know.

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The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

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You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.

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The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.

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You can't just be talented: You have to be terribly smart and energetic and ruthless. You also have to become necessary to people, by working hard and well and bringing more than your bones and your skin to the project. Don't just show up. Transform the work, yourself, and everybody around you. Be needed. Be interesting. Be something no one else can be--and consistently.

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I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

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You can’t change the music of your soul.

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I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.

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