"Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better."
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"I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem."
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"It's not enough just to be real; you have to try to make it interesting or entertaining."
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"A bodhisattva doesn't have to be perfect. Anyone who is aware of what is happening and who tries to wake up other people is a bodhisattva. We are all bodhisattvas, doing our best."
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"If you find someone attractive, you try to make them find you attractive. That is called seduction. And seduction is a bit ugly. You could say it's a bit ugly to use your charisma."
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"Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power."
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"Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better."
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"I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh, so when you try to murder me with bullets to the head this is why you can't kill me niggaz, I'm already dead."
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"It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own."
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"Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you."
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"Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell."
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"This is the only chance you will ever have on earth with this exciting adventure called life. So why not plan it, and try to live it as richly, as happily as possible?"
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"The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect."
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"Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse."
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"Someone who says "I am busy" is either declaring incompetence (and lack of control of his life) or trying to get rid of you."
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"Please, try to eat a bit less meat, a bit more veggies from today. Let it become a habit gradually until not to eat meat anymore. Then, observe the changing of the body and spirit after eating veggies, fruits and grains."
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"Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word."
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"I try to just focus on the love and my family. That's what I'm focussed on every single day."
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"A child does not try to know the mother, it simply has faith in her. In the same way, having faith in the Divine is the source of the greatest strength."
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"We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA."
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