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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. – Joseph Addison

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The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. – Joseph Addison

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Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general, we are wishing every period of it at an end. The minor longs to be at age, then to be a man of business, then to make up an estate, then to arrive at honors, then to retire. – Joseph Addison

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I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control peoples opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did. – Leonardo DiCaprio

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No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible. – George Chakiris

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People see I am a mother and head of a household. Today in Chile, one-third of households are run by women. They wake up, take the children to school, go to work. To them I am hope. – Michelle Bachelet

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I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, theyll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself. – Jennifer Lopez

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We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. – Francis A. Walker

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When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass! – Bobby Knight

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Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. – Miguel Angel Ruiz

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Friends depart, and memory takes them
To her caverns, pure and deep. – Thomas Haynes Bayly

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