"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen."
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"Minor keys and drugs don't make a roller skate jam."
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"A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones."
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"The key of the success of Studio 54 is that it’s a dictatorship at the door and a democracy on the dance floor."
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"I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying."
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"The key to getting the most from choice is to be choosy about choosing."
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"I was in the parking lot, with the key in the car, and I thought to myself: If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman? I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town, and we've been together ever since."
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"Let us remember with devotion that the flag we love and honor is the flag of freedom that flew in victory at Yorktown, the flag the United States Marines raised on Mount Suribachi, the flag Francis Scott Key saw by the dawn's early light. Long may it wave."
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"Patience is the key to joy."
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"In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is the base of Buddhist practice"
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"Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets the most out of life."
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"He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity."
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"Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being."
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"To make progress you must actually get started. The key is to take a step today."
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"Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key."
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"Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse."
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"Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we’re doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves."
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"Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter."
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"The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other."
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"Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area."
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