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Being alive is just a brief technicality.

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I wish my parents took good care of their grow-op.

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I was Cheryl Anway- that has to count for something.

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Ask whatever challenges dead and thoughtless beliefs.

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You are paralyzed by the fact that cruelty is often amusing.

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There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

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Life need not be a story, but it does need to be an adventure.

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Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

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What is human behavior, except trying to prove that we're not animals?

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If you can control your emotions, chances are you don't have too many.

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Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it.

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If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

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I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.

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All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally.

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I'd take a helicopter up and throw microwave ovens down on the Taco Bell.

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Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad lasts for very very long.

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We sleep heavily because we need to ask so many questions as we dream alone.

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Is that all time is - our perception of how quickly it does or does not pass?

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Don't you get an empty feeling in your soul when you have a blank to-do list?

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It's not healthy to live life as a succession of isolated little cool moments.

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Consensus Terrorism: The process that decides in-office attitudes and behavior.

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Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.

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Nobody has ever been happy in a job they obtained by first handing in a resumé.

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I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

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In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.

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You don't believe magic is possible in lives lived within traditional boundaries.

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Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers.

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How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?

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Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

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There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

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