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“Choosing the city you live in is as important as choosing your life partner.”
― Will
― Will
“A real choice doesn't have conditions. A real choice is free.”
― A Woman Is No Man
― A Woman Is No Man
“Man-made borders shouldn't matter more than people.”
― Lobizona
― Lobizona
“Too often being happy means being passive or playing it safe. There's no skill required in happiness, no strength of character, nothing extraordinary. Its discontent that drives creation the most--passion, desire, defiance. Revolutions don't come from a place of happiness. If anything, I think it's sadness, or discontent at least, that's at the root of everything beautiful.”
― A Woman Is No Man
― A Woman Is No Man
“Why settle for being a son of the system, when you can mother a movement?”
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