Jessica Zafra Quotes

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As you go through life, you learn many lessons. Unfortunately these lessons only apply to the specific instances in which you learned them. Therefore you can expect to make horrible mistakes no matter how long you live.

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While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love.

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Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

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You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

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We don't really have a movie industry; we have a trailer industry. The movie guys make five minutes worth of stuff to get people in the theatre, and eighty-five minutes of filler.

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Greasy food might not be good for your body, but it does wonders for the soul. A healthy diet may prolong your life, but what would you have to live for? What is the point of living to a hundred if you have to subsist on bland food? One may as well die of boredom.

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Sometimes I wonder if, instead of falling madly in love, we should aspire to fall sanely in love. But then, what would be the point?

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Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

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People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you're better than them, and they get resentful.

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The reason producers make stupid movies is because there are stupid people who will pay to see them.

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One of the advantages of having an imaginary boyfriend is that he exists only for you, therefore he can not be stolen. The disadvantage is that you can not introduce him to your friends.

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What exactly did we learn in kindergarten? Nothing we wouldn't have learned if we'd stayed home. Okay, we learned that sometimes, by the time you get to the bathroom, it's too late.

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What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

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What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

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Beware of those who have never been bored, depressed, or angry. There is something seriously wrong with them.

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If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.

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