"America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else."

-- Eric Hoffer

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“One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we're very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It's as if we've divided the world into "those who offer help" and "those who need help." The truth is that we are both.”
“Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all.”

Source : Lisa Scottoline (2010). “Look Again”, p.218, Macmillan
“I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.”
“I am an adult, but a damaged one.”

Source : S. J. Watson (2011). “Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel”, p.14, Harper Collins
“Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.”
“I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world”
“Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call”
“My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.”

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