“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― The Last Lecture
― The Last Lecture
“People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.”
― Women
― Women
“You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.”
― Women
― Women
“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Women
― Women
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