“That your friend is succeeding does not mean you are failing.”
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“Your presence in church is an offering!”
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“It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”
― Cannery Row
― Cannery Row
“Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something.”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
― The Time Traveler's Wife
“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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