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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”

Arthur Ashe (1943–1993) American tennis player

“Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

Source: Marilyn Manson Talking

“Education is perceived as a crucial instrument for increasing productivity and income, skills, competency of human resources, and sustainable growth. In the end, education helps reduce social problems, and improves quality of life so that people can live equally with others in society.”

Sukavich Rangsitpol (1935) Thai politician

Education helps reduce social problems and improves quality of life

Marilyn Manson quote: “Music is the strongest form of magic.”

“Music is the strongest form of magic.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

“If you could walk a mile in my shoes you'd be crazy too.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along… and making this a great occasion.”

Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer

Source: Live Aid, 1985/07/13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22oy8dFjqc?t=12m5s

“I took part in all battles. If sometimes I was not there, the operation was likewise carried out under my orders.”

Omar Mukhtar (1858–1931) Libyan resistance leader

Trial proceedings (15 September 1931)

“Big Brother is Watching You.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“If teardrops could be bottled
There'd be swimming pools filled by models
Told a tight dress is what makes you a whore
If "I love you" was a promise
Would you break it, if you're honest
Tell the mirror what you know she's heard before
I don't wanna be you anymore”

Billie Eilish (2001) American singer-songwriter

"Idontwannabeyouanymore" · Official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tn2S3kJlyU <br class="br">Dont Smile At Me (2017)

“Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

“In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after.”

Osamu Dazai book No Longer Human

Source: No Longer Human

“Si aad u hesho wax aaney qayrkaa heli doonin mustaqbalka, samee wax ka duwan waxa ay sameeyaan.”

Ahmed Omaar (1987)

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/ahmedomaar7/

“Let it go, you've got to forget about revenge. Believe me, in this work I've met a lot of guys who feel the way you do. Trust me, for those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You'll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed with your revenge, what would you have then... nothing, emptiness.”

Hatake Kakashi book Naruto

To Sasuke

“Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.”

Daisaku Ikeda (1928) Japanese writer

Allen Ginsberg quote: “I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.”

“I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view.”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stonewritten. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture", Life Magazine (December 1988)
Interviews

“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“we aim for the practice of Christianity in their everyday life and dealings, and not merely the profession of its theology on Sundays.”

Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941) lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement

Source: Robert Baden-Powell: Scouting for Boys, The Original

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

“One love, one heart,
Let's get together and feel alright.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

One Love (cowritten with Curtis Mayfield), from the album Exodus, originally recorded on The Wailing Wailers (1965)
Song lyrics
Source: Bob Marley - Legend