Paulo Coelho Quotes
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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It's no secret that I wear a kippa.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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It is thought and feeling which guides the universe, not deeds.
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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
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The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'
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When men achieve the fruits of their material success, they often become aware of an emptiness--an incompleteness--in their lives;the hollowness of having, but not raising, children, of not making true commitments to them. Which, sadly, does not mean that they weren't capable of it.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures. But, if you're leading a congregation, people feel they have the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't talk about. And that hasn't always been easy for me.
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If you fight for a living you can't give a damn about the opponent because they're trying to take food out of your mouth and your kids' mouths. You're in competition with everybody. The trick is, just don't let them know you're competing against them.
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
