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“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
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“boundaries, Sheila. Barriers. We need them. They let you love someone. Otherwise you might kill them.”
― How Should a Person Be?
― How Should a Person Be?
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
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“There's so much beauty in this world that it's hard to begin. There are no words with which to express my gratitude at having been given this one chance to live - if not Live. Let other people frequent the nightclubs in their tight-ass skirts and Live. I'm just sitting here, vibrating in my apartment, at having been given this one chance to live.”
― How Should a Person Be?
― How Should a Person Be?
“The greater your cross the greater your crown.”
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