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" The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

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" I'm not going to please everyone; not everyone's going to like me. I accepted that a long time ago, and if I had to shed a tear every time I got a hate email, believe me, I'd be severely dehydrated. "

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" Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth. "

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" Put two ships in the open sea, without wind or tide, and, at last, they will come together. Throw two planets into space, and they will fall one on the other. Place two enemies in the midst of a crowd, and they will inevitably meet; it is a fatality, a question of time; that is all. "

" A lot of people are crazy, cruel and negative. They got a little too much time on their hands to discuss everybody else. I have a limited amount of energy to blow in a day. I'd rather read something that I like or watch a program I enjoy or ride my damn motorcycle or throw back a couple of shots of tequila with my friends. "

" I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with. "

" I try to keep it real. I don't have time to worry about what I'm projecting to the world. I'm just busy being myself. "

" There's no time for regrets. You've just got to keep moving forward. "

" Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome. "

" The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. "

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" What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. "

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" Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!' "

" Every time I watch someone's dedication, I get inspired. "

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" Humans have a light side and a dark side, and it's up to us to choose which way we're going to live our lives. Even if you start out on the dark side, it doesn't mean you have to continue your journey that way. You always have time to turn it around. "

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" I love the sensation of being out in the open air, far away from all the distractions of modern life. I will usually disappear for a couple of hours, and that time on my bike is quite sacred, as it's when I do all my serious thinking. Sometimes I will stop off at bikers' cafe and have a bacon sandwich. "

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