Work every day. No matter what has happened the day or night before, get up and bite on the nail.

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In order to write about life first you must live it.

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Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.

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Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

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Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

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We're stronger in the places that we've been broken.

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Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places.

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

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The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

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I drink to make other people more interesting.

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