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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

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When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety.When ...more

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I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

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In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

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What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The an...more

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I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

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I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems t...more

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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

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The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

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Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it.

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The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not all...more

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Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening t...more

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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love...more

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The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

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Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.