Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

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And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Anger is really disappointed hope

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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

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The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

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Conflict is the soul of literature.

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