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Care deeply for yourself, and have the wherewithal to do what it takes to make yourself happy. Go out and claim the life you deserve!—Bob Greene

...Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.—Robert Louis Stevenson

Photo: Johnny Miller
Photo: Johnny Miller
"It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." —James Thurber

"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise."—Alice Walker

"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time."—Maya Angelou

"When people talk, listen completely."—Ernest Hemingway

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out just how far one can go."—T.S. Eliot

"Don't ever confuse—your life and your work. The second is only part of the first."—Anna Quindlen

"The best way out is always through."—Robert Frost

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.—Henry James

"A good time to laugh is anytime you can."—Linda Ellerbee

"Be the heroine of your life, not the victim."—Nora Ephron
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There are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing.—Leigh Newman

When we enter a state of mindful attention, the present moment, the now, eases open. And when it does, life pours in.—Anne Glusker

Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever-changing, ever-evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found: Say, ‘Yes, and...’—Jane Lynch

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.—George Bernard Shaw

Real beauty is not about weight or symmetry or makeup. It’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all of its magnificence reflected in your own self.—Valerie Monroe

The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.—Maya Angelou

It's not about living longer—it's about living better.—Dr. Oz

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