Everett Ruess Quotes
Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others.

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Love can never be fully explained.
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I've always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn't necessarily hang out in the same circles. I've always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.
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Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
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After my 10th standard, my life took me into the world of cinema, but I never severed my ties with my love for reading.
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I love C-3PO; I love the girl from 'Ex Machina' - these kind of robots that have so much soul that you feel for them.
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If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
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The hardest times to choose love are the very times when you can most grow spiritually. In fact, they are the only times you can grow spiritually!
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The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.
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While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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I love challenging myself, doing different things, and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.
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I'm not afraid of a big studio film; I trust my instincts. But for me, it's not really about box office. It's about looking back on your work and not having to apologize for it.
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Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it.
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The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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The road to the inn is much better than the stay.
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I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn't think a formal education was necessary for a painter.
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Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others.