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“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
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“I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.”
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
― Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
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“In short, our gentleman became so caught up in reading that he spent his nights reading from dusk till dawn and his days reading from sunrise to sunset, and so with too little sleep and too much reading his brains dried up, causing him to lose his mind.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
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