"If you don't run your own life, somebody else will."

Atkinson, John on character
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"You never find yourself until you face the truth."

Bailey, Pearl on truth
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"I am a lie who always speaks the truth."

Cocteau, Jean on lies and lying
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"Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have."

Bowen, Elizabeth on lies and lying
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"Liars are always ready to take oaths."

Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte Di on lies and lying
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"One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time."

Astor, Lady Nancy on alcohol and alcoholism
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"If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is."

Addison, Joseph on hope
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"Most people would rather give than get affection."

Aristotle on affection
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"My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then."

Byron, Lord on absurdity
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"I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one."

Proverb, Chinese on dream
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