"Do not keep crying when your love has been gone. You only need Smile because he had been given you the opportunity to meet someone who is better."
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"The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy."
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"There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment."
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"If you want to live a top shelf life then you need to stand on the books you have read. Never stop learning, never stop growing."
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"I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails."
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"The music can tell people everything they need to know about being human beings. It's not my information, it's not mine. I didn't make it. I just discovered it."
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"I need to go where people are serious about acting."
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"The more validation I need, the less discernment I have."
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"When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion."
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"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."
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"Know how to choose well. Most of life depends thereon. It needs good taste and correct judgment, for which neither intellect nor study suffices."
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"Given the nature and magnitude of the challenge, national action alone is insufficient. No nation can address this challenge on its own. No region can insulate itself from these climate changes. That is why we need to confront climate change within a global framework, one that guarantees the highest level of international cooperation."
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"Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need."
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"Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life."
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"The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas."
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"Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear."
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"Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars."
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"There is a deep need in the world just now for guidance - almost any sort of spiritual guidance."
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"All that we can't say is all we need to hear."
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"You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me."
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