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“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
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“But then anyone who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.”
― Virginia Woolf
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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso
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“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”
― Ingrid Bergman
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“Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.”
― G.E. Lessing
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