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Clarice Lispector Novelist, Short Story Writer
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"For at the hour of death you became a celebrated film star, it is a moment of glory for everyone, when the choral music scales the top notes."

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Bruce Springsteen Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them."

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Audrey Hepburn Actress, Humanitarian
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"Ive had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties Ive gone through, Ive always gotten a prize at the end."

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Ayn Rand Philosopher, Novelist
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"I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life."

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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic
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"Jacopo Belbo didnt understand that he had had his moment and that it would have to be enough for him, for all his life. Not recognizing it, he spent the rest of his days seeking something else, until he damned himself."

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Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer
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"Reality is, you know, the tip of an iceberg of irrationality that we've managed to drag ourselves up onto for a few panting moments before we slip back into the sea of the unreal."

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