You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.― Sharon Salzberg

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Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.

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The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ― W. Somerset Maugham

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Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up. – Pablo Picasso

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Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ― Markus Zusak

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Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. ― Benjamin Franklin

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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

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You couldn’t hide from bad things and pretend they didn’t exist, that left you with a dream world, and dream worlds eventually crumble. You had to face the truth. And then decide what you wanted. ― Sarah Cross

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“You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past. ― Chuck Palahniuk

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