One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing.

Andre Gide
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  2. Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something. - Audrey Niffenegger

  3. Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better. - Flannery OConnor

  4. Know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it. - Nora Roberts

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More Quotes By Andre Gide
  1. One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.

  2. The scholar seeks the artist finds.

  3. A work of art is an exaggeration.

  4. A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

  5. Oh would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas as the tree does its withered leaves!

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