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• Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do.

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• I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.

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• Respect the past; you never know how it may affect you.

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• The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.

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• I’ve never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies.

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• No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground.

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• Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

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• From now on you’re going to have to think. There’s a reason why we’re born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

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• You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

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• It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

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• A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

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• It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.

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• Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.

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• The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

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• A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.

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• Wind howled through the night, carrying the scent that would change the world.

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• Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.

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• I know what we do is right but right doesn’t always mean easy.

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• The best remedy for what ails me is being with you here under the sun.

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• There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.

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Christopher Paolini (56)

Birth:	17th November, 1983
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author

About

Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.

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