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Quote by Gerald Brenan
We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can

We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. – Gerald Brenan

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In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. – Gerald Brenan

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Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan

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“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time. – Deborah Chaskin

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Butterflies

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar. – Anton Chekhov

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Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly. – Andre Gide

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Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking. – Deepak Chopra

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I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now Im trying to do stuff thats just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle. – John Singleton

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Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. – Charlotte Davis Kasl

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The greatest gift we give to someone who loves us is simply to be happy. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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