Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important. ― Genki Kawamura

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The most important actions are never comfortable.

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The single most important impediment to global institutions is the concept of "my country, right or wrong".

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Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small joys—of love and occasional peace in a life that was full of pain. ― Peter Heller, Celine

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Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends. ― Epicurus

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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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Most important, my mind was in the game—I was determined not to fail level seven a second time. I’m not sure what was going on with me the first time, except I’ve noticed that, sometimes, when we’re zooming along and it’s all blue skies, we can suddenly hit a bump in the road. That’s tough, but it can also force us to slow down and reassess what we want, where we’re going—and just how hard we might need to work to get there. ― Simone Biles

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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

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It's very important to stretch, because while it's good to look pumped, a lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast. So you really, really have to stay supple.

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You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain. — Tom Hiddleston

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