"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."
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"A man without a mustache is a man without a soul."
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"the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them."
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"A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibility of their own souls."
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"The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly"
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"Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music."
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"Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small."
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"We as a country have to do some soul-searching."
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"I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?"
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"Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
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"Look into the depths of your own soul and learn first to know yourself, then you will understand why this illness was bound to come upon you and perhaps you will thenceforth avoid falling ill."
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"The task of cinema or any other art form is not to translate hidden messages of the unconscious soul into art but to experiment with the effects contemporary technical devices have on nerves, minds, or souls."
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"There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand others. They will create subtler, wilder methods, methods that are absolutely DESPERATE. Nature herself is fundamentally antisocial, it is only by a usurpation of powers that the organized body of society opposes the natural inclination of humanity."
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"A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard."
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"Soul is a constant. It's cultural. It's always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees."
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"You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you come from. Your only limit is your soul."
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"No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. To those who knock it is opened."
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"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don't you?"
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"You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth."
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"Listen to your own voice, your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world, instead of themselves."
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