When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhereâ€~François de la Rochefoucauld
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Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. ~Ayn Rand
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Fear not for the future, weep not for the past ~Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Watch your 'Thoughts,' they become words. Watch your 'Words,' they become actions. Watch your 'Actions,' they become habits. Watch your 'Habits,' they become character. Watch your 'Character,' for it becomes your Destiny.
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"Love is not written on paper, for paper can be erased. Nor is it etched on stone, for stone can be broken. But it is inscribed on a heart and there it shall remain forever."
I'd like to meet:
I have amazing friends and family. They are articulate, brilliant, creative, open-minded, free-thinking, self-aware, secure people....if you are too..Id love to meet you!
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"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. ~Samuel Johnson
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Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
~Eustace Budgell
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“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.â€
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings
There is a cult of ignorance in the united states, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our politcal and cultural life, nutured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"~isaac asimov
Music:
I love all music...music is mood altering...my absolute favorite: (thrash/speed) metal...I love to hear men scream!
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Movies:
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~e.e. cummings, 1955
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Television:
Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. ~Janis Joplin
Books:
Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius
Heroes:
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. ~Keshavan Nair