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“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”
George MacDonald
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
Thomas Merton
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.”
Andre Gide
“I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships”
Gilda Radner
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
Oscar Wilde
“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
Dalai Lama
“Fear is the question. Love is the answer.”
Rain Bojangles
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
“If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart.Then in living - I have made my mark.”
Thomas L. Odem Jr
“The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there”
Betty Grable
