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You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
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and The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their
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Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.
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The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain
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room is the temple where they worship arrested development.
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Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way
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- Plato Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.
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Never moon a werewolf.
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to
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-- Vince Lombardi "Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." (Franklin P. Jones) Recreation and Sports
