Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ~Anna Kournikova
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
#quotes #madeleine-albright #change

For me, I've always wanted to do theater, so I gravitate toward it. ~Justin Bartha
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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