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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
Actor
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Paulo Coelho de Souza
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Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.
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Love is a complicated path, and that path can lead us up to heaven or hurl us down into hell.
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We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands.
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All men are different. And should do everything possible to continue to be so.
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God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
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God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.
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I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.
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People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.
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Join with those who sing, tell stories, talk pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious, and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties.
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Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honor of losing and the joy of winning.
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People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.
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You have two types of writers: one like Proust who was locked in his room and wrote the masterpiece. And the other type was Hemingway who celebrated life and also wrote a masterpiece.
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The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent.
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Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted.
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Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.
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I start to think that I'm losing the love I have without having yet won the love I hope to win.
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Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.
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No matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point. Once obstacles were overcome, it returned to its course, sighting on a star that indicated the location of the oasis.
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
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When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories.
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