"A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world."
-Jack Kerouac
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"Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow."
-Jack Kerouac
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"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."
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"I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."
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"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion."
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"My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them."
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"I just feel energized when I am around young, talented people. There is something about these kids that's amazing. I learn as much from them as they do from me."
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"The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible."
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"Obviously, there's the seedy side of the strip club world and pole dancing. But, pole dancing, as an art form, is really beautiful. It's been hyper-sexualized because it's associated with strippers, but if you think about it, just in terms of other kinds of dancing, they're using an instrument to create these amazing dance forms."
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"It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor."
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