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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.

A Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with the artist Mona Youssef
I am happy to present you Mona Youssef – an inspiring person and a wonderful artist, whose art lifts the spirit like a feather in spring.
Mona Youssef is a jury member of the international contest for visual arts “Light as Inspiration” (15 March 2010-15 April 2010), [...]

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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than anything I have ever done; it is a far, far, better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

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One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind.

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written.
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Loreena McKennitt – “La Serenissima”

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Enya – “Caribbean Blue”

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Dire Straits – “Romeo & Juliet”

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Savage Garden – “I Knew I Loved You”

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Stivie Wonder – “Free”

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Michael Buble – “Feeling Good”

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A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
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Paul McCartney – Hope Of Deliverance

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Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet ‘em on your way down.
Wilson Mizner
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I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.
Herbert Bayard Swope
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Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
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Love is like a fruit in season at all times. Love can warm three winter months.

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Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

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Every single person on the planet is a genius.
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Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.
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“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
Albert Einstein .
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“It is possible to fail in many ways… while to succeed is possible only in one way.”
Aristotle .
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Each of us carries inside a small universe. Lets wish ourselves to keep it intact – through it we build the stories of our lives, for which each year opens a new page.