"Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant."

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Oscar Niemeyer

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“We can secure other people's approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.”
“Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it.”
“I suppose even a woman's hatred is a kind of love.”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (1996). “Beauty and Sadness”, Vintage Books
“The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.”

Source : "Philip Roth Reconsidered" by Irving Howe, Vol. 54, December, 1972.
“I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.”
“I've always been athletic. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and being in the countryside, I was always running around. I also played volleyball, basketball, and I ran track. I was always very conscious of my body.”

Source : "VIDEO: How to Work Out Like Joan Smalls". Interview, www.elle.com. September 16, 2014.
“. . . What do you wish to be? What would you like to become?â€ I did not know, and I told her so, but the question worried me. Should I know? â€œThere is time,â€ she said, â€œbut the sooner you know, the sooner you can plan. To have a goal is the important thing, and to work toward it. Then, if you decide you wish to do something different, you will at least have been moving, you will have been going somewhere, you will have been learning.”
“Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.”

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