Panda Life Quotes

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Don’t hope for a life without problems,” the panda said. β€œThere’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.” And
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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Don't hope for a life without problems," the panda said. "There's no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.
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Mark Manson
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Don't hope for a life without problems,' the panda said. 'There's no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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I said that I thought the secret of life was obvious: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life's work, and try to get hold of a giant panda. If you had a giant panda in your back yard, anything could go wrong β€” someone could die, or stop loving you, or you could get sick β€” and if you could look outside and see this adorable, ridiculous, boffo panda, you'd start to laugh; you'd be so filled with thankfulness and amusement that everything would be O.K. again.
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Anne Lamott
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Disappointment Panda would be the hero that none of us would want but all of us would need. He'd be the proverbial vegetables to our mental diet of junk food.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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I couldn't go through life as a shadow.
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Gloria Chao (American Panda)
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i am still unsure of what 'life to the fullest' for me would be, mostly i just try to be well-liked in social situations and not die
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Megan Boyle (selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee)
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Life is essentially an endless series of problems," the panda told me.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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I miss that life so much I would end every panda to get it back.
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Hank Green (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1))
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Oh, just you wait. I'll have, like Great Danes and pygmy goats and maybe even a baby panda living with me. That is what panic does to people if the attacks get bad enough.
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E. Lockhart (Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #4))
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That's what life is all about - you're busy, I'm busy, and the end result is death. Sooner or later, that's what it comes to. ("The Death Of Wang Asao")
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Xiao Hong (Selected Stories of Xiao Hong (Panda Books))
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In Life...You're either part of the solution or part of the problem. Don't be part of the problem.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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No matter what happens in your life always try your best to stay in the moment. You can never control another persons emotions but you can always control yours.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Yes...Truth Is: life hurts but allow God to be your dose of Curable medicine. He will help you take your pain away:) Timothy Pina Author
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be. -Soothsayer
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KungFuPandaMakers
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Truth is... You had a purpose before anyone had an opinion. Finish your life's mission. Be happy and live your life❀ Be Somebody Great..Be You
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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We are governed by our thoughts in life. Think happy and positive thoughts and you will live a happy & positive life. There is no other way.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Once I stopped trying so damn hard to be someone else, I started to enjoy life. Being alone was hard, but better than feeling shitty about myself all the time
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Gloria Chao (American Panda)
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Look for people in your life that who will help calm the storms in your soul rather than challenge it to a battle. Peace should always be your first priority.in your life.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Never give up trying to do what you really want to do in life. Where ever there is love and inspiration, you can never go wrong.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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In All That You Do...Keep Positive,Stay On The Roads That Bring You Forward In Life And Be Blessed!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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STOP setting your mind to see only the negative things in life. Place your settings on positive, then kick back and enjoy it for a while!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Keep your thoughts and your mind always going forward ahead on the roads of life, just as you would do driving your car.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Your mistakes... Should always guide you to a better life And Not define you to help keep you in the past
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Love your life and all around you... Love’s boomerang shall always return to you.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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I want to change the world," said Tiny Dragon. "Start with the next person who needs your help," replied Big Panda.
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James Norbury (Big Panda and Tiny Dragon / The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse)
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The Peace Panda Says...Try to tolerate the clouds in your life because they sometimes do keep you shaded from the scorching sun.Β 
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Timothy Pina
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Stop wasting your time with people who don’t value your help or who you are. They take with one hand & disrespect you with the other. Move on with your life.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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What you believe and practice throuhout your life becomes you. If you practice Love, Peace, Kindness and Goodness throughout your years...so shall your life follow in your footsteps.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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❀For today learn that with inner strength and mental stability we can endure all kinds of adversity. Now keep looking toward the stars because as long as you have life...anything is possible!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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There was no right or wrong here. No morality. Just two roads, leading in different directions but both ending in heartbreak. Life was, as I was finding out, Choose Your Own Adventure with most of the fun stripped away.
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Gloria Chao (American Panda)
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The demons of despair will always try to hold you back from enjoying your life. Either they will try to haunt you with your failures of your past or torment you with your worries of the future. Refuse to entertain them by rising above and staying in the present. They can't have any power over you...if you don't allow them to!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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There's a thin line between life and death. It's God's Grace that shows us how fragile we all are.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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The only good thing in me is Christ. Without being spiritual in my life... I am and have nothing!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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What which does not destroy you...makes you a hell of a lot smarter. All very necessary to lead you to spiritual prosperity in your life.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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My State Motto: Treat Me Good And I'll Be Your Great Friend For Life!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Despair may torment your soul but peace can rise through the storms of life to help heal you. Never forget to maintain hope in your heart and faith that it will all get better.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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In life, if you stand for nothing...you will fall for anything! @BullyingBen @NMEACS
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Don’t hope for a life without problems,” the panda said. β€œThere’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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From now to the end of your life... Strive for excellence. Strive for Peace. Strive for happiness❀
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Worry is a part of life. These burdensome thoughts plaque us all. The key is not to let these thoughts ruin your day & your life.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Our nation & our children must come to learn that nothing in life will ever be solved by violence. It will just help breed more!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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To all that's afraid and who keep onworrying that the world is going to end today...Enjoy your day and your life. We're all going to be here for a while longer!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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To all that's afraid and who keep on worrying that the world is going to end today...Enjoy your day and your life. We're all going to be here for a while longer!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Live your life... No mater where you live it :)
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Keep walking forward on the road of life...don't look backwards. The prize you are searching for is ahead of you...not behind you!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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No matter what ever happens in your life...always keep your eyes on the prize, It will help get you through every storm,
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Never have a limit to your dreams and plans. Life is a journey each and every moment. Live every moment to it's fullest.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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As Long As You Have Life...You Have More Chances. Chances For Change That Will Help You Turn Your Life Around For The Better. Stand Up For Your Chances!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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❀ Without peace in your life....what good is anything else?✌
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Writing is my passion in life and I will always try to use it to help inspire all others traveling down the roads of despair. www.bullyingben.com
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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If your vision is limited your life is Limited' So open up those windows in your mind and live life to the fullest.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Sometimes there's no logical solutions with life's problems. All you can do is have faith that it will get better and truly believe.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Dare To Dream Big, Think Big, Live Big And Believe Big In Your Life. Now Focus On That Spectacular Sunset...Because Destiny Is Calling You!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Peace Should Be More Than Just A Word To All Of Humanity...It Should Be A Way Of Life.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Many use laughter to hide their tears and anger to hide their fear As you walk through life use your smile to show you your heart full of good cheer
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Living your life working for peace and a better humanity is an awesome task. Even if you are mocked, laughed at and ridiculed for it...there is no better way.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Situations will always turn out the best for all those who do their best with the way things have already turned out. Everything in your life can be used for your benefit!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Make a vow... That whatever happens in your life That you use it for the good of humanity.
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Throughout life… If you don’t care about nothing, You’ll have nothing! Think about it.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Live your life to the fullest and never be controlled by fear. You will help make humanity better when you stand up to all injustice done against its children
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Self-esteem...is there any greater force in the universe that can help you get things done in your life?
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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As hard as life may become for all of us,Truth is...the only way to prosperity is forward. Keep moving forward in your thoughts, in your paths and your life.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Each day is another learning experience for me. The more I live...the more I realise: There is so much more in life that I need to know .
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Over everything in life...choose peace. Why would you choose anything else! www.bullyingben.com
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Do yourself the ultimate favor...Go out and make the rest of your life the best of your life.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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The one thing we truly don't  understand about God, about Life, and about Humanity is that we are ONE!✌
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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✌The Peace Panda Says: While you meditate on your life...pray for world harmony & peace!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Stay far away from problematic people. In life...when a person is drowing they will try and pull the person closest to them down with them to save themselves.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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After all, the greatest truths in life are usually the most unpleasant to hear. Disappointment Panda would be the hero that none of us would want but all of us would need.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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You can’t move forward in your life… If you constantly look at the roads you left behind you. Stay focus on what you want to accomplish today and tomorrow will be a much brighter day!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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We all have problems...everyone does. The only people that don't have any are buried in cemeteries. Rise above your problems and enjoy your life. Change the way you think and you will.
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Your words contain great power. So declare that you will prosper despite every difficulty that you may encounter in your life. You are not here just to survive...So overcome and thrive!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Many familiar animals, including cows, elephants, pandas, gorillas, rats, rabbits, dogs, iguanas, burying beetles, cockroaches, and flies, regularly eat each other’s faeces – a practice known as coprophagy.
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Ed Yong (I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life)
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The way to a happier life: Be around others that are happy... Read books and articles on being happy... Listen to feel good, happy music. No matter what...just try and always be Happy! www.bullyingben.com
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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The universe is always conspiring to help build a better you and to bring you to the roads of joy and happiness where you will truly enjoy your life. Question is are you doing all you need to do to help meet it?
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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Many worry about their outer appearance much more then their inner bearing. It's nice to have great and expensive things such as cars and houses but even better to know the greater principles in life to help maintain and keep them.
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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Mentre picchiavo quel ragazzo, in realtΓ  avrei voluto piantare una pallottola tra gli occhi di ogni panda in pericolo che si rifiuta di scopare per salvare la propria specie e ogni balena o delfino che molla tutto e va a spiaggiarsi.
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Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)
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When our highest priority is to always make ourselves feel good, or to always make our partner feel good, then nobody ends up feeling good. And our relationship falls apart without our even knowing it. Without conflict, there can be no trust. Conflict exists to show us who is there for us unconditionally and who is just there for the benefits. No one trusts a yes-man. If Disappointment Panda were here, he’d tell you that the pain in our relationship is necessary to cement our trust in each other and produce greater intimacy.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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Rise baby rise. Don't let the bad things happening in your life...keep you down. Bring the warrior out of your soul and keep moving forward in life. Don't look back at the pain. Look forward to the joy and pleasure ahead. Great things are awaiting for you down the road...if you believe!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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STOP wasting precious life listening to lies spawning from the darkness...for the darkness can never tell the truth. Instead,listen inside yourself to the compelling truth of light...for it can never lie. When darkness tells you that you're a failure...believe you're not. When its despair urges you to QUIT...DON'T!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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The sawdust flew. A slightly sweet fragrance floated in the immediate area. It was a sweet but subtle aroma, neither the scent of pine nor willow, but one from the past that had been forgotten, only to reappear now after all these years, fresher than ever. The workmen occasionally scooped up a handful of sawdust, which they put into their mouths and swallowed. Before that they had chewed on pieces of green bark that they had stripped from the cut wood. It had the same fragrance and it freshened their mouths, so at first that was what they had used. Now even though they were no longer chewing the bark with which they felt such a bond, the stack of corded wood was a very appealing sight. From time to time they gave the logs a friendly slap or kick. Each time they sawed off a section, which rolled to the ground from the sawhorse, they would say: 'Off with you - go over there and lie down where you belong.' What they were thinking was that big pieces of lumber like this should be used to make tables or chairs or to repair a house or make window frames; wood like this was hard to find. But now they were cutting it into kindling to be burned in stoves, a sad ending for good wood like this. They could see a comparison with their own lives, and this was a saddening thought. ("North China")
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Xiao Hong (Selected Stories of Xiao Hong (Panda Books))
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When will we realise the hypocrisy of our situation? On our own planet we are the bad guys, thoughtlessly annihilating life of all kinds for our convenience. We intuitively grasp that the aliens of the movie 'Independence Day' have no right to take our planet; I wonder what goes through the mind of an orang-utan as it sees its forest home bulldozed to the ground? There should not have to be a 'point of slugs' for us to allow them their existence. Do we not have a moral duty to look after our fellow travellers on planet Eart, beautiful or ugly, providing vital ecosystem services or utterly inconsequential, be they penguins, pandas, or silverfish?
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Dave Goulson (Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse)
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According to Indian crop ecologist Vandana Shiva, humans have eaten some 80,000 plant species in our history. After recent precipitous changes, three-quarters of all human food now comes from just eight species, with the field quickly narrowing down to genetically modified corn, soy, and canola. If woodpeckers and pandas enjoy celebrity status on the endangered-species list (dubious though such fame may be), food crops are the forgotten commoners. We're losing them as fast as we're losing rain forests. An enormous factor in this loss has been the new idea of plant varieties as patentable properties, rather than God's gifts to humanity or whatever the arrangement was previously felt to be, for all of prior history.
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Barbara Kingsolver (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life)
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Once day when the final trumpet sounds and my life is over...It won't matter anymore if I Rich or Poor, Democratic or Republican, Catholic or Protestant. What will mater will be my spiritual relationship with God and out of love & reverence for him that I did all I could to help those in need and in despair. Bringing HOPE to the HOPELESS is the Greatest Badge I can Ever Wear!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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It would be awesome. And sick. And sad. And uplifting. And necessary. After all, the greatest truths in life are usually the most unpleasant to hear. Disappointment Panda would be the hero that none of us would want but all of us would need. He’d be the proverbial vegetables to our mental diet of junk food. He’d make our lives better despite making us feel worse. He’d make us stronger by tearing us down, brighten our future by showing us the darkness. Listening to him would be like watching a movie where the hero dies in the end: you love it even more despite making you feel horrible, because it feels real. So
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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β™₯ To my daughter Taliah, I just wanted to tell you how proud we are all of you and all the other children of the PS22 Chorus of Staten Island. With your great determination and hard work you all made this day happen, singing at the presidential inauguration. I want you to remember this day for the rest of your life, because it is such an historical day for you, for your school and for our nation. As you sit above the great man below you taking the oath of presidency...remember as a child he had dreams too and the great odds he had to overcome to achieve them . May your dreams take you far in your life and may it all start on this day, at this period of time, at this historical moment in your lives...may you all cherish this moment in your hearts forever!
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Timothy Pina (Hearts for Haiti: Book of Poetry & Inspiration)
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The vastness and splendor of a created world lies beyond our mind, mired as it is in our senseless stupidity and destruction. Blind we remain to the persistent hopeβ€”the gratitude of life lived out instinctively, beautifully, in grace perfectedβ€” of the panda of the polar bear of the emperor penguin. Creatures each given to a hardship of existence for which we, in our malnourished philosophic quest, would render not worth the effort. Pass then, creatures of the ice and snow into the annals of extinction, where later regret can bring no resurrection. If what we do brings you to this fateful end, so be it. We’ve saved you the trouble of struggling on. Besides beauty, what do you have to offer us? Where is your value-proposition that we can exploit for our profit, anyway?
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T.P. Graf (Looking Out onto Our World: Explorations of Power, Dogma and a World Deserving Contemplation)
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When our highest priority is to always make ourselves feel good, or to always make our partner feel good, then nobody ends up feeling good. And our relationship falls apart without our even knowing it. Without conflict, there can be no trust. Conflict exists to show us who is there for us unconditionally and who is just there for the benefits. No one trusts a yes-man. If Disappointment Panda were here, he’d tell you that the pain in our relationship is necessary to cement our trust in each other and produce greater intimacy. For a relationship to be healthy, both people must be willing and able to both say no in here no. Without that negation, without that occasional rejection, boundaries break down and one person’s problems and values come to dominate the other’s. Conflict is not only normal, then; it’s Absolutely necessary for the maintenance of a healthy relationship. If two people who are close are not able to hash out their differences openly and vocally, then the relationship is based on manipulation and misrepresentation, and it will slowly become toxic. Trust is the most important ingredient in any relationship, for the simple reason that without trust, the relationship doesn’t actually mean anything. A person could tell you that she loves you, wants to be with you, I would give up everything for you, but if you don’t trust her, you get no benefit from those statements. You don’t feel loved until you trust that the love being expressed toward you comes without any special conditions or baggage attached to it.
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Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life)
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I DON'T WANT to talk about me, of course, but it seems as though far too much attention has been lavished on you lately-that your greed and vanities and quest for self-fulfillment have been catered to far too much. You just want and want and want. You believe in yourself excessively. You don't believe in Nature anymore. It's too isolated from you. You've abstracted it. It's so messy and damaged and sad. Your eyes glaze as you travel life's highway past all the crushed animals and the Big Gulp cups. You don't even take pleasure in looking at nature photographs these days. Oh, they can be just as pretty as always, but don't they make you feel increasingly ... anxious? Filled with more trepidation than peace? So what's the point? You see the picture of the baby condor or the panda munching on a bamboo shoot, and your heart just sinks, doesn't it? A picture of a poor old sea turtle with barnacles on her back, all ancient and exhausted, depositing her five gallons of doomed eggs in the sand hardly fills you with joy, because you realize, quite rightly, that just outside the frame falls the shadow of the condo. What's cropped from the shot of ocean waves crashing on a pristine shore is the plastics plant, and just beyond the dunes lies a parking lot. Hidden from immediate view in the butterfly-bright meadow, in the dusky thicket, in the oak and holly wood, are the surveyors' stakes, for someone wants to build a mall exactly there-some gas stations and supermarkets, some pizza and video shops, a health club, maybe a bulimia treatment center. Those lovely pictures of leopards and herons and wild rivers-well, you just know they're going to be accompanied by a text that will serve only to bring you down. You don't want to think about it! It's all so uncool. And you don't want to feel guilty either. Guilt is uncool. Regret maybe you'll consider. Maybe. Regret is a possibility, but don't push me, you say. Nature photographs have become something of a problem, along with almost everything else. Even though they leave the bad stuff out-maybe because you know they're leaving all the bad stuff out-such pictures are making you increasingly aware that you're a little too late for Nature. Do you feel that? Twenty years too late? Maybe only ten? Not way too late, just a little too late? Well, it appears that you are. And since you are, you've decided you're just not going to attend this particular party.
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Joy Williams (Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals)
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I am dreaming of happy Pandas. A whole field full of happy Pandas. I am beside myself. I am entirely myself. I am going to set myself on fire. Just you wait and see. I will destroy. You will obey. That's the way it has to be. You'll make the lemonade and I'll ensure that no other lemonade stand stands in our way. We will wear terrific Panda suits. We will have a secret hand shake. We'll stick to the plan. I will destroy. You will obey. That's the way it's going to have to be. Pouting about it won't change anything. Pouting about it will only make you look like an unhappy Panda and we can't be having that. So you should think before you speak. You should consider your options before you decide to become an unhappy Panda. Because you don't want to know what happens to Pandas that aren't happy. So you'd best be careful. Don't worry though. This is just us talking. This is just us coming together at the head. Like Siamese twins, like two happy peas in a pod. You would not like it if we were to do the other routine. There are no happy Pandas to be had in that one. Not at all. No mention of Pandas whatsoever. Just unpleasantness that I would rather avoid. So keep smiling. Always remember to keep smiling. Whatever will be, will be. There is nothing more pathetic than a sore loser. So keep smiling. Everything will take care of itself. Thank goodness. I'm tired now. I am going to go to bed. I don't much feel like being your friend anymore. The good old days are gone. Best to get on board with the depravity of the here and now. The world consumes, the world revolves, the world will someday come to and end. If not by us, then pulverized by the sun. The mysteries of the universe revealed with no time to study the data and reach an outcome, the sun will go out and all creatures great and small will be helpless against the unknowns of life. So why are you so worried? Why don't you go have some drinks, get laid, get back, get something. After everything has been done, been bought, sold, produced, consumed, recycled, re-packaged, and re-sold, you will have gained nothing by floundering about trying to change things that cannot be changed. The little things exist only so that the important ones never get touched upon. That's why you can wear leather shoes and, at the same time, refuse to eat beef. Because we are all, every one of us, ridiculous. And we've elected you our leader. I am going to go lay in bed and wait for the hands of impossibility to come strangle me. I am going to smile at my ceiling and sing the song of our undoing. I will wear my Panda pajamas. I will think of you often when I get to where it is that I'm going. Everything will be fine. Just you wait and see. Just you wait and see.
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Matthew Good
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Life is a gift... So try to enjoy it!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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I guess sometimes you just have to go through the deserts of life...so you can truly appreciate the mountain tops when you reach them!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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In life... There is no fixing stupid. Unfortunately there is no vaccine or remedy for it.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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We only have one life but we can make it as great as we can image and as best as we believe we can.
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Money, relationships, youth, love and life will flee you. But if you truly believe in God, he never will!
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Timothy Pina (Soul Vomit: Beating Down Domestic Violence)
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BELIEVEING IN YOURSELF IS THE X FACTOR IN LIFE! IT WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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No one knows you better than yourself! So go and follow your heart. You know what you really want in this life. Follow your heart and live your dreams to obtain it!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Life should be all about peace, love and being able to relax. Without it... we have nothing!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)
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Life Will Never Be Perfect, But Will Be As Beautiful As You Make It!
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Timothy Pina (Bullying Ben: How Benjamin Franklin Overcame Bullying)