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«You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison»
«You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they existed outside the usual laws of nature; that there was no other group so handsome, so engaged.»
Author: Charles Spalding | About: Life, People | Keywords: handsome, Laws of nature, watched
«You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.»
«You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.»
«You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there, but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done.»
Author: Jack Youngblood | About: Life
«You only live a short time...and you are dead a long time..»
Author: Johan Huizinga (Historian) | About: Life
«You never find yourself until you face the truth»
«You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.»
Author: Henry Fielding (Novelist, Playwright) | About: Life | Keywords: asylums
«You must be the change you wish to see in the world.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi (Philosopher) | About: Change, Life
«You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly.»
Author: Ronald Reagan (President) | About: Age, Life | Keywords: lived, plenty, properly