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"For [Sigmund ] Freud, the manifest dream, that is that which we remember after waking,is like a code message, that can be interpreted, provided the right key is avail-able, for example the method of free association."
"When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys."
"May he die with no joy at his end, The man who won't be troubled To unlock the keys of his heart and make a friend."
"Knowledge is the key that unlocks all the doors. You can be green-skinned with yellow polka dots and come from Mars, but if you have knowledge that people need, instead of beating you, they'll beat a path to your door."
"The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again."
"The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish."
"I haven't seen - I haven't heard the arguments that would make that case. And I haven't seen a proposal yet that satisfies the objections. The problem is, you create a key like this, and it can't - it's hard to say that it's going to be hidden. And then it becomes used both by our government in multiple cases, but also it could get out as far as hackers are concerned or other countries."
"Use Time. Make it easy. Get your money to work for you. The key is to get in the market, as it is not about timing the market, but time in the market that matters."
"The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy."
"Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*"
"Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius."
"To have an open self is to provide a free channel for the infinite goodness of God. To have an open self is to keep yourself aware, alert and sensitive to the beauty and wonder of life. God's love will flow through you into the world when you are open. You enlarge the dimensions of your life when you keep yourself open to the highest and best. The key to God's infinite riches is within you; open yourself and you will receive."
"One thing that these Buddhists have certainly gotten right is that attention to attention is the key to taking control of your mental life."
"Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to."
"The key to continual and deeper spiritual renewal and revival is the continual re-discovery of the gospel."
"Learning to charge properly is a vital key to abundance. Affirm that you will never devalue yourself by charging less than what you feel you are worth."
"In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many succumbed to the spell of an imaginary reality, one invented by themselves, which was less practical for them but more comforting."
"I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt."
"You'd be hard pressed to find elite achievers who don't have coaches helping them in key areas of their life."
"In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear."
