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"Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?"
"History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."
"They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping."
"I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that's what I intend to reverse when I'm President of the United States of America."
"Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle."
"What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life."
"The ground's generosity takes in our compost and grows beauty! Try to be more like the ground."
"Are you trying to weasel out of showing us any of this stuff?" said Zacharias Smith. "Here's an idea," said Ron loudly, "why don't you shut your mouth?" "Well, we've all turned up to learn from him, and now he's telling us he can't really do any of it," he said. "That's not what he said," said Fred Weasley. "Would you like us to clean out your ears for you?" inquired George, pulling a long and lethal-looking metal instrument from inside one of the Zonko's bags. "Or any part of your body, really, we're not fussy where we stick this," said Fred."
"Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers."
"Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders."
"Quit putting yourself in a little box by trying to live consistently with your past and explaining every little action you take. BE YOU. Fully. In this moment. Independent of what others may or may not 'expect' from you."
"Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try."
"To have Faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice."
"We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom."
"Embrace your solitude and love it. Endure the pain it causes, and try to sing out with it. For those near to you are distant."
"It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall."
"Believe in God, it's only one God. F*** all that religion s***. Believe in one God, and do right. Try your best to do right, we ain't perfect. Just do that and everything will be straight."
"What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he gains is civil liberty and the proprietorship of all he possesses."
"I'm not joking around when I've said occasionally, trying to learn how to play a D chord properly has been a very big thing for me."
"It's so easy to focus on what could go wrong, on what else you could do before you try the thing you really want to do. No. Just get out there and try."
