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“Know thyself” — a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to “know himself” would never become a butterfly. – André Gide, Nouvelles Nourritures

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Real birthdays are not annual affairs. Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth. – Ralph Parlette

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Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves. – William Shakespeare, “Coriolanus”

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I think that wherever your journey takes you, there are new gods waiting there, with divine patience — and laughter. – Susan M. Watkins

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Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I just want to work forever. I absolutely love what Im doing. I learn all the time from all these amazing artists. – Juno Temple

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A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. – Bernard Baruch

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I used to say I wanted somebody funny and intelligent, but kindness is the most important quality in a man. – Cat Deeley

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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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