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Stephen Rubin
Related Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. The school year progressed slowly. I felt as if I had been in the sixth grade for years, yet it was ... LUCY GREALY Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY A man drank and became drunk, next he said, now i am delivered from my enemies and then walked into ... SOTONYE ANGA He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sharing stories that fill our chambers with an explosion of unique voices is a means to instigate an... KILROY J. OLDSTER Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE Stubbornness" is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged ... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... DEBASISH MRIDHA Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA When curiosity drives you, discoveries will line your path SOTONYE ANGA I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ... CHRISTINA ENGELA If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is... C. JOYBELL C. I am below average! STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Virgin Books will be publishing an autobiography. But it is relatively early days. We still need to ... WILL WHITEHORN The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there prima... SALMAN RUSHDIE Life is a bowl of cherries. Some cherries are rotten while others are good; its your job to throw ou... C. JOYBELL C. When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin. SARA ZARR Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER Things change, friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody. STEPHEN CHBOSKY The books brought brilliance to my life, and they brought an understanding: Life is a story. Everyth... RENE DENFELD From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN To have our needs met, to love, to be loved, to feel safe in this world and to each know our purpose... BRYANT MCGILL This is the Modern Man, who cannot save himself but wants to save the world. He is the Wise who... CRISTIANE SERRUYA Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL Maya Angelou had the ability to glean inspiration out of pain. THE PROPHET OF LIFE If we cannot always be entirely sane in our relationships, the kindest thing we can do for those who... THE SCHOOL OF LIFE I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Why is England manufacturing bigger and better airplanes and bombs and at the same time churning out... ANNE FRANK It's a a damn good day to be alive. MICHAEL CLIFFORD Always choose to be happy 'cause sadness can knock your door anytime. MAYANK KUMAR LOUTERIYA Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. Therefore, everyone sees the world in d... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We are a generation of prophets, speaking words that shape our lives and world SOTONYE ANGA We all are wearing many hundred glasses of different colors. So, everyone see the world in different... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA If life is a bowl of cherries, what's inside of it? JOSH STERN There are types of people who want to have leverage over other people's lives. For no other reason t... C. JOYBELL C. Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic. DEBASISH MRIDHA I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th... JIM GENOVESE If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc... DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ... DEAN IBERHYSAJ Philosophies of the world:
Indian Philosophy: Survive and grow
Chinese Philosophy: Lets fake it
West... APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv... NICKOLE SANDERS To be or not to be that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do wit... GERMANY KENT How to be a Poet (to remind myself) Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet. <... WENDELL BERRY if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Be nobel. Be the light as if you are the source of life. DEBASISH MRIDHA You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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AVI RUBIN Many of the touted advantages of electronic voting can still be achieved with paper ballots if you u... AVI RUBIN The backseat produced the sexual revolution JERRY RUBIN It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but do... GRETCHEN RUBIN Never unite in a cause, only in love. MARTY RUBIN Diseases are not cured by giving them a name. MARTY RUBIN It's not gangbusters. It's a few here, a few there. But mostly, the bleeding has stopped. KATE RUBIN It doesn't matter what Christ or Buddha said, it matters how they lived. MARTY RUBIN You can feed a skeptic the party line but you can't make him swallow it. MARTY RUBIN What you do everyday matters more than what you do once in a while. GRETCHEN RUBIN [Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, r... GRETCHEN RUBIN I grasped two things: I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasnt going to change unless I ma... 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