Interestingly, one mate of mine, a proper leftie, in his heyday all Red Wedge and right-on punch-ups, was melancholy. "I thought I'd be overjoyed, but really it's just … another one bites the dust …" This demonstrates, I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one's enemies. Russell Brand
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  2. Live the Life of Your DreamsWhen you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve. - Roy T. Bennett

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  2. The older the friendship, the stronger the trust.

  3. Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?

  4. There will come a time when people will realize the greatest mysteries of the universe: will a human then meet anything other than himself?

  5. In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature.

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