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Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. Viktor E. Frankl
She said, "You might become politicians."No!" cried Beni, with sudden fierceness; "we must not abandon our high calling. Bandits we have always been, and bandits we must remain! L. Frank Baum
I don't believe that Nature's powers. Have tied her hands or pinioned ours, By marking on the heavenly vault. Our fate without mistake or fault. That fate depends on conjunctions. Of places, persons, times, and tracks, And not on the functions. Of more or less of quacks. Jean de La Fontaine
Any dedicated moon-watcher will know that, regardless of the year, I have taken a good many liberties with the lunar cycle-usually to take advantage of days (Valentine's, July 4th, etc.) which "mark" certain months in our minds. To those readers who feel that I didn't know any better, I assert that I did ... but the temptation was simply too great to resist. Stephen King
That’s true to life. Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. C. S. Lewis
I can't make you understandbecause you don't know the meaning of fear. You have the heart ofa lion and an utter lack of imagination and I envy you both ofthose qualities. You'll never mind facing realities and you'llnever want to escape from them as I do. Margaret Mitchell
Sometimes, when I find it hard to sleep, I’ll think of when we first met, of the newness of each other’s body, and my impatience to know everything about this person. Looking back, I should have taken it more slowly, measured him out over the course of fifty years rather than cramming him in so quickly. David Sedaris
Benjamin Franklin quote: "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for..."
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Benjamin Franklin
Russell Brand quote: "If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you fro life;..."
If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you fro life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child. Russell Brand
Sun Tzu Wu was a native of the Ch`i State. His Art of War brought him to the notice of Ho Lu, King of Wu. Ho Lu said to him: “I have carefully perused your 13 chapters. May I submit your theory of managing soldiers to a slight test? Sun Tzu
Bill Bryson quote: "In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or..."
In three minutes, 98 percent of all the matter there is or will ever be has been produced. We have a universe Bill Bryson
Terry Prachett quote: "I imagine that fish have no word for water."
I imagine that fish have no word for water. Terry Prachett
Stephen Fry quote: "Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet."
Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet. Stephen Fry
Never knew Bannen could smell so good.' Edd's tone was morose as ever.'I had half a mind to carve a slice off him. If we had some applesauce, I might have done it. Pork's always best with applesauce, I find.' ... 'You best not die, Sam, or I fear I might succumb. There's bound to be more crackling on you than Bannen ever had, and I never could resist a bit of crackling. George R. R. Martin
Michael Ende quote: "human passions have mysterious ways in children as well as..."
human passions have mysterious ways in children as well as grown-ups. Michael Ende

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