People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.

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The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.

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It was a pity that people did not risk enough to speak out in behalf of one another's happiness and their own. ― Louis Zukofsky

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When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days - who are so thin it's bordering on sickness - I just feel exhausted.

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We all have negative thoughts now and then, but we can choose not to dwell there and not to let them control us. ― Roy T. Bennett

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As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

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Sometimes the best people... have the worst experiences... because they are ready to learn

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I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others.

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The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. – Kobe Bryant

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Criticism is good, you learn from it each time and you know that people are paying attention. — Nonito Donaire

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