Elizabeth Barrett Browning
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
If thou must love me, let it be for nought, except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for her smile, her look, her way of speaking gently, for a trick of thought that falls in well with mine, and, certes, brought a sense of pleasant ease on such a day. For these things in themselves, beloved, may be changed, or change for thee, and love so wrought, may be unwrought so.
Who so loves believes the impossible.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Warriors, come out to play !
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Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
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Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
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None are homely who smile.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
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If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
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It's good to be the king !
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Hoke, you're my best friend.
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Vegas, baby.
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La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
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Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
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