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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets as michalangelo painted or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say "Here lived a great sweeper who did his job well Martin Luther King jr.
Paulo Coelho quote: "Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm..."
Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present". Paulo Coelho
Oscar Wilde quote: "The ages live in history through their anachronisms."
The ages live in history through their anachronisms. Oscar Wilde
Have a father who lived up to his own promise and then found thing after thing to meet and surpass the expectations of his promise in, and didn't seem just a whole hell of a lot happier or tighter wrapped than his own failed father, leaving you yourself in a kind of feral and flux-ridden state with respect to talent. David Foster Wallace
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The world is going to become bloody stupid and from now on..."
The world is going to become bloody stupid and from now on will be a very boring place. We’re lucky to be living now. Gustave Flaubert
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living."
The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living. Marcus Tullius Cicero
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal. Carl Sagan
People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked? Jean-Paul Sartre
There it must be, I think, in the vast and eternal laws of matter, andnot in the daily cares and sins and troubles of men, that whatever ismore than animal within us must find its solace and its hope. I hope, or Icould not live. H. G. Wells
Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't exist. We met before we were born and we'll probably still know each other after we die. At least, that's the way we're planning it. Alice Hoffman
Friedrich Engels quote: "If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living."
If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living. Friedrich Engels
Langston Hughes quote: "I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My..."
I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is. Dig and be dug. In return. Langston Hughes
Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives. Terry Tempest Williams
Anton Chekhov quote: "Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may..."
Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may sometimes live through more than ten years of happiness. Anton Chekhov
Euripides quote: "The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no..."
The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life. Euripides

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