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Life

«You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.»
Author: Barbara Hall | About: Action, Life
«you can like the life you're living, you can live the life you like. you can even marry harry, but mess around with ike and that's good, isn't it grand? isn't it great? isn't it swell? in fifty years or so, it's gonna change you know, but oh it's heaven now a days.»
Author: Bob Fosse | About: Change, Life | Keywords: harried, harry, Ike, mess, mess around, or so, swell
«You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave meThere's no words to describe itIn French or in EnglishWell, diamonds they fadeAnd flowers they bloomAnd I'm telling youThese feelings won't go awayThey've been knockin' me sidewaysThey've been knockin' me out latelyWhenever you come around meThese feelings won't go away They've been knockin' me sidewaysI keep thinking in a moment thatTime will take them awayBut these feelings won't go away.»
Author: Citizen Cope | About: Depression, Emotions, Life
«You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.»
Author: Jeanette Winterson | About: Life, Passion | Keywords: lose, play, win
«You don't worry about that.»
«You shouldn't believe everything. What you see isn't always right. Is what you think truly right? Please, think about it again. A heart that obediently accepts things is fine, but shouldn't you question something just once? The truth is in a place you can't see.»
«You may forget about tomorrow's concerns if you're only living for today, but others won't.»
Author: Martin Dansky (Actor, Artist, Writer) | About: Life
«You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going.»
Author: Michelle Rodriguez | About: Life
«You spend your entire life becoming God and then you die.»
«You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one.I hope some day you'll join usand the world will be as one.»