Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done. -- N. Scott Momaday

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Nothing moves without having been moved.

A friend is a second self.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

Don't forget your history nor your destiny.

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You can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream.

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.

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The cure for the pain is in the pain.