Don’t let people’s compliments go to your head and don’t let their criticisms go to your heart.

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I don't build character. I eliminate the people who don't have it.

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You may not be happy with your life. All you have to do is to refuse to be unhappy! Because the worst thing is to get used to be unhappy! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

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Forgive yourself for not having the foresight to know what seems so obvious in hindsight. – Judy Belmont

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She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

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Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.

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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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One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even if it's a tough pill to swallow for people around me.... I do fear that if I ever were to have someone in my life who mattered, I would second-guess every one of my lyrics.

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I incline to an aristocratic republic. This would satisfy the ambitious spirit among our people. We shall learn from the historic mistakes of others in the same way as we learn from our own; for we are a modern nation and wish to be the most modern in the world. - Theodor Herzl

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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.― H.L. Mencken

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