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«You die as you've lived. If you were paranoid in life, you'll probably be paranoid when you're dying.»
Author: Dr. James Cimino | About: Death and dying, Life | Keywords: paranoid, paranoids
«You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow»
«You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing»
«You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life- so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself»
Author: Jane Seymour | About: Life, Living | Keywords: count on, in a way
«You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.»
Author: John Cleese (Actor) | About: Change, Life | Keywords: Dalai, Dalai Lama, Lama, The Dalai Lama
«You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need»
«You can get all A's and still flunk life.»
Author: Walker Percy (Novelist) | About: Life | Keywords: flunk, flunked, flunks
«You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want»
«You have to take life as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it»
Author: German Proverb | About: Life | Keywords: As It Happens
«You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken (Critic, Journalist) | About: Life | Keywords: depth, length, width, widths