The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

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The telephone and visitors are the work destroyers.

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The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

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

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When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.

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Religion is the opium of the poor.

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

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The only thing that can ruin a good day is people.

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Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be

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

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