Quotes with life-affirming

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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Like a French poem is life; being only perfect in structure when with the masculine rhymes mingled the feminine are.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Jean Paul Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Buzz Aldrin Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Pearl S. Buck Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.
    Pearl S. Buck
    American novelist (1892 - 1973)
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  • Alexis Carrel Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.
    Alexis Carrel
    French surgeon, anatomist and biologist (1873 - 1944)
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  • Bill Burr Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn't work out. But maybe because it didn't work out, that's why I ended up on 'Breaking Bad;' I don't know.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Lord George Byron Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Walter Benjamin Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.
    Walter Benjamin
    German philosopher (1892 - 1940)
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  • James Dillet Freeman Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!
    James Dillet Freeman
    American poet and preacher (1912 - 2003)
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  • C. S. Lewis Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Oscar Wilde Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but moulds it to its purpose. The nineteenth century, as we know it, is largely an invention of Balzac.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Cesare Pavese Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: ''You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.''
    Cesare Pavese
    Italian writer and poet (1908 - 1950)
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  • Antonio Tabucchi Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
    Antonio Tabucchi
    Italian writer and academic (1943 - )
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  • Carlos Fuentes Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Henry James Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Eileen Caddy Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Live your life and forget your age.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Oscar Wilde Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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