"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

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Source : Fyodor Dostoevsky (2011). “The Brothers Karamazov”, p.440, Bantam Classics

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head.”

Source : "The GQ+A with Jim Lehrer". Interview with Luke Zaleski, www.gq.com. October 15, 2012.
“I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.”
“I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world.”

Source : "The whole world in a community" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. January 5, 2002.
“Too many things are possible in a dream. It's most interesting when you don't know which space you're in.”

Source : "Q&A: Atlanta Director Hiro Murai On Working With Donald Glover, Dream Logic, And That 'Black Justin Bieber' Episode". Interview with Eric Ducker, www.mtv.com. October 4, 2016.
“The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty.”
“After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.”

Source : "Irvin Kershner obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2010.
“the first step in claiming yourself is anger. You get mad. And you can't do anything before you get angry. And I recommend getting very angry to everyone, anyone.”
“Strew gladness on the paths of men-You will not pass this way again.”

Source : Sam Walter Foss (1907). “Songs of the Average Man”

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