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Quote by Albert Camus
Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions. – Albert Camus

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More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure. – Albert Camus

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Individuality
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Albert Camus
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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. – Albert Camus

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Happiness
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Albert Camus
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The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all — he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. – Albert Camus

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Revolution
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Albert Camus
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I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes youre really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, youre saying: Hope I dont get chased today. Be nice to people in sneakers. – Demetri Martin

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Little Miss Sunshine snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you dont hold out huge hope for. – Greg Kinnear

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Lets hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to our lives. Otherwise, brands will be investing in technology that consumers simply wont buy. – Simon Mainwaring

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I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that Im more direct and outspoken. – Christopher Reeve

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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. – Cyril Connolly

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To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution. – Louis D. Brandeis

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Punk is musical freedom. Its saying, doing and playing what you want. In Websters terms, nirvana means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and thats pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock. – Kurt Cobain

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Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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