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You cannot call yourself a true geisha until you can stop a man in his tracks with a single look.
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Don’t think. Feel. It is like a finger pointing a way to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
The challenge often lies not in creating something simple, but in keeping it that way.
- Lee Clow’s Beard
The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.
- Neil Gaiman
You are from New York, therefore you are just naturally interesting, okay? The worst stuff that you say sounds better than the best stuff that some other people say.
Hannah Horvath, Girls
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
- Abraham Lincoln
An artist is not paid for his labor, but for his vision.
- James Whistler
Let’s hear it for stupid thoughts everyone. You know you have ‘em…
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Today you graduate and the rules are about to change, and one of them is this: Decisions are made by those who show up… Rehearsal’s over. You’re going out there now, you’re going to do this thing. How you live matters. You’re going to fall down, but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up.
Aaron Sorkin, Syracuse University commencement address, 2012
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