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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not w

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. – Jack London

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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate. – Jack London

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Beauty
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A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog. – Jack London

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Helping
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. – Jack London

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Carpe Diem
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You never give away your heart you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking? – Jeanette Winterson

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Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Time moves in one direction, memory in another. – William Gibson

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Know how to live the time that is given you. – Dario Fo

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My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. – Toby Keith

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Take care that the face that looks out from the mirror in the morning is a pleasant face. You may not see it again during the day, but others will. – Anon.

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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. – Ramsey Clark

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Well, Im a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom. – John Bolton

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