Well, we have a whole new year ahead of us. And wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, a little more loving, and have a little more empathy, and maybe, next year at this time we'd like each other a little more.

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else

Twas not my lips you kissed
But my soul

sing till i burst my breast with such passion. sing, then fall dead to lay at your feet

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.

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It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else

never be a second-rate version of someone else, be a first-rate version of yourself

always be a first-rate version of your self instead of a second-rate version of someone else.

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (1939)

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For twas not into my ear you whispered,
But into my heart.
Twas not my lips you kissed,
But my soul.

We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.