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What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions; life is plurality, death is uniformity.

Octavio Paz
Mexican writer laureated with the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature

Octavio Paz Lozano was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

O. Henry
American short story writer

William Sydney Porter, better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the Magi", "The Duplicity of Hargraves", and "The Ransom of Red Chief", as well as the novel Cabbages and Kings. Porter's stories are known for their naturalist observations, witty narration and surprise endings.
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Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

Novalis

Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, better known by his pen name Novalis, was an 18th-century German aristocrat, poet, author, mystic and philosopher of Early German Romanticism.
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We have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history we had.

Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times. He has won 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record nine Australian Open titles. Overall, he has won 88 ATP singles titles, which include a record 64 Big Titles and a record 38 Masters titles. Djokovic has completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam in singles, becoming the only man in tennis history to be the reigning champion of the four majors at once across three different surfaces. He is also the only player to complete the Career Golden Masters on the ATP Tour, which he has done twice.
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But, it's because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted.

Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player. He is currently ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 a record seven times. He has won 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, including a record nine Australian Open titles. Overall, he has won 88 ATP singles titles, which include a record 64 Big Titles and a record 38 Masters titles. Djokovic has completed a non-calendar year Grand Slam in singles, becoming the only man in tennis history to be the reigning champion of the four majors at once across three different surfaces. He is also the only player to complete the Career Golden Masters on the ATP Tour, which he has done twice.
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Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Norman Vincent Peale
American writer and minister (1898-1993)

Norman Vincent Peale was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). He served as the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, New York, from 1932, leading this Reformed Church in America congregation for more than a half century until his retirement in 1984. Alongside his pulpit ministry, he had an extensive career of writing and editing, and radio and television presentations. Despite arguing at times against involvement of clergy in politics, he nevertheless had some controversial affiliations with politically active organizations in the late 1930s, and engaged with national political candidates and their campaigns, having influence on some, including a personal friendship with President Richard Nixon.
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Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

Norman Lear
American television writer and producer

Norman Milton Lear is an American television screenwriter, film and television producer, who has produced, written, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear is known for many popular 1970s sitcoms, including the multi-award winning All in the Family, as well as Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times.
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Norman Cousins
American journalist

Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
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A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.

Norman Cousins
American journalist

Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
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Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

Norman Cousins
American journalist

Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
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