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“A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.”
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“I shall take the heart. [...] For brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.”
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
― The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“Poor slob without a name. It's a little inconvenient, his not having a name. But I haven't the right to give him one: he'll have to wait until he belongs to somebody. We just sort of took up by the river one day, we don't belong to each other: he's an independent, and so am I. I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together.”
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
“I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries, differences, obstacles, inconveniences, and imperfections.”
― Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
― Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
“I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I did...I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.”
― Rumble Fish
― Rumble Fish
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