Do it for joy and you can do it forever

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Ninety-five percent of people who walk the earth are simply inert. One percent are saints, and one percent are assholes. The other three percent are people who do what they say they can do.

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Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

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What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.

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stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.

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When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

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