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I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my p

I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. – Paulo Coelho

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If you start by promising what you dont even have yet, youll lose your desire to work towards getting it. – Paulo Coelho

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Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because moneys not related to happiness. – Paulo Coelho

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People fear death even more than pain. Its strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend. – Jim Morrison

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It is impossible to experience ones death objectively and still carry a tune. – Woody Allen

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The U.S. couldnt even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. Theyll be killing each other again in less than a year. Im sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits. – Bill Gates

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