If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas. ― Steve Maraboli

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The universe will express itself as long as somebody will be able to say, "I read, therefore it writes.

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You're not listening with your eyes.

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I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. — Larry King

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Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation! ― Jane Austen

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watching his son in quick pulses of attention. ― Thomas Pynchon

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Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night. ― Irving Berlin

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His singing made me want to fall to the ground and kiss it, as a son to a mother, grateful that someone could love it so keenly. For the first time in my life something new awoke within me, something irresistible: I still cannot explain it. It was a need to express myself, yes, to express myself, not only to see and sense the world, but to bring to others my vision, my thoughts and sensations, to describe the beauty of the earth as inspiringly as Daniyar could sing. I caught my breath for fear and joy of the unknown. At that time, however, I had not yet realized the need to take up brush and paints.

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You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth. — William W. Purkey

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Sing like no one’s listening, love like you’ve never been hurt, dance like nobody’s watching, and live like it’s heaven on earth. – (Attributed to various sources)

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