I personally don't think that blood ties should be something that signifies so much more than anything else. I understand perfectly when somebody leaves their family for good. - Luca Guadagnino

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Mercy but murders pardoning those who kill.

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One must be something to do something - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. - William Shakespeare

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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. — John Lennon

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You know who you are, but know not who you could be.

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I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy. — Vera Nazarian

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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. -William Shakespeare

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Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?

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If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs. ― Sarah Dessen

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