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“Most of our problems stem from just that—from following rules. ” Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“People don’t want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
“the idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give a shit about their problems.” Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, 'So what.'” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“People's fantasies are what give them problems. If you didn't have fantasies you wouldn't have problems because you'd just take whatever was there.” Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
“Now Americans deserve to have this same spirit directed toward addressing problems here at home.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address
“I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven’t seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they’re absolutely stupid.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“My mind . . . rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.” Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four
“Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.” Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

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