People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.
("The Alchemist")
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That's all anyone has, and it's always brief, although, of course, some people believe they have a past where they can accumulate things and a future where they will accumulate still more. By the way, speaking of the present moment, do you masturbate a lot?
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Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.
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Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
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Sometimes, you get no second chance and that its best to accept the gifts the world offers you.
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She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.
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