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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.

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The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.

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Hell is full of musical amateurs.

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Es tan corto el amor, y tan largo el olvido.
(Love is so short, and forgetting is so long.)

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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

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We would never learn to be patient if there were only joy in the world.

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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.

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Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.

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