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> [“I don't write so that people will understand me, I write because I know they don't. And, I can't help feeling like I should at least give them the illusion that they do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-don-t-write-so-that-people-will-understand-me-i-write-because-i/)

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## More by Thurman P. Banks Jr

> [“Spending all your energy on one opinion is like confining yourself to living in a box, and most people in a box aren't living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/spending-all-your-energy-on-one-opinion-is-like-confining-yourself-to/)

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> [“I fear we have become a society more interested in writing the quote of another, than living the lesson, and creating a quote of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-fear-we-have-become-a-society-more-interested-in-writing-the-quote/)

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> [“I would rather live a life with a hundred failed dreams created on my own terms, than one successful reality, created on the terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-would-rather-live-a-life-with-a-hundred-failed-dreams-created-on-my/)

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> [“I have done good things in life. I have done bad things in life. But the beer has tasted great during both.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-have-done-good-things-in-life-i-have-done-bad-things-in-life-but/)

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> [“In the end, age in numbers is no more than an empty bag. The only way to truly tell a person's years is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/in-the-end-age-in-numbers-is-no-more-than-an-empty-bag-the-only-way/)

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> [“If you are not in some way living your life like a Dr. Suess rhyme, than you may in fact be living it wrong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/if-you-are-not-in-some-way-living-your-life-like-a-dr-suess-rhyme/)

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> [“There is only one person I wake up every morning striving to be better than, and that is myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/there-is-only-one-person-i-wake-up-every-morning-striving-to-be/)

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> [“I don't write so that people will understand me, I write because I know they don't. And, I can't help feeling like I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-don-t-write-so-that-people-will-understand-me-i-write-because-i/)

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> [“I am more of a doer than a writer. I do not live to write. I write because I have lived.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/i-am-more-of-a-doer-than-a-writer-i-do-not-live-to-write-i-write/)

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> [“You can have the finest pen, typewriter, or computer, but without a set of eyes that truly see the world, you might as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/you-can-have-the-finest-pen-typewriter-or-computer-but-without-a-set/)

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> [“Never underestimate the distance that one simple act of kindness can carry you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/never-underestimate-the-distance-that-one-simple-act-of-kindness-can/)

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> [“While the choices we make matter, it's what we make of our choices that matters the most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/while-the-choices-we-make-matter-it-s-what-we-make-of-our-choices/)

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> [“Of all the regrets I've had in life, and there are plenty, having loved too much will never be one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/of-all-the-regrets-i-ve-had-in-life-and-there-are-plenty-having-loved/)

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> [“Every time life gives you a million reasons why you should quit, give it a million and one reasons why you never will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/every-time-life-gives-you-a-million-reasons-why-you-should-quit-give/)

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> [“We so often spend our time searching for answers that we allow the questions to linger on, even when faced with the greatest truth--that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-p-banks-jr/we-so-often-spend-our-time-searching-for-answers-that-we-allow-the/)

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