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Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward.
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Only the possibility of carrying out a dream makes our life worth living.
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The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. -- The Alchemist
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The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that gradually they gave up the vanities of the world. They discovered that the purification of the metals had led to a purification of themselves.
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Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.
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To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.
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I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong.
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