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Quotes: “The essence of discovery is not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –Marcel Proust When first reading this quote I had some difficulty understanding what it truly meant. Looking further into the quote I discovered many things. The quote means that even though you have discovered new things, and new places you have also gained great insight into new things as well. This quote reminded me of the quote “Life is a journey not a destination” going off of the same meaning that as you go along the path of life you pick up skills, discover new things and find your inner self in the process. “Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today” –James Dean This is one of my favorite quotes. The meaning of this quote is to show how dreaming can lead to endless possibilities and how short life can be and you should do what you truly want to do in life. If someone where to live forever, they could do anything and everything and most likely experience the world. If someone were told that they were to die today, most people would take the time to do what they have always wanted to do. James Dean was saying that you will not live forever but you should dream as if you were going too. He is also saying that even if you won’t die today you should be doing what you love each and every day. “A man cannon be comfortable without his own approval” –Mark Twain If you don’t love what you do than you will never be happy. Mark Twain makes a simple yet extremely effective point. If someone is not comfortable with who he or she is and what he or she are doing in life than that person will never accept himself or herself and in order for   6