I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes ― Jeremy Aldana

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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.― H.L. Mencken

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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ― Thomas Edison

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it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. ― Daisaku Ikeda

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You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

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I have found little 'good' about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was the first author or transcendentalist that I connected with and resonated with. And I found that when I was in New Zealand. I have multiple books of his own personal essays. -Jenna Ortega

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. ― J.R.R. Tolkien

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Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly if there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing? ― Jonathan Safran Foer

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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