"Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease."

-- Criss Jami

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“Well, your whole life is like a checkerboard and there's a sense that you get, especially looking back on it, that you begin to realize and gain awareness that there's something else moving all of these pieces around in your life, and that was really true for me right from the very beginning.”
“People love nobody as much as they do their hatred.”

Source : Adolfo Bioy Casares (1990). “Asleep in the Sun”, Plume Books
“Christianity is the complete negation of common sense and sound reason.”
“It's a weird partnership. For me and Patrick, if you've met him, we're not very much alike. But we bring such different tools to the table. He doesn't think like me. I don't think like him. He thinks like an editor. He thinks like a director. He thinks completely outside of the box when it comes to writing and so because of that he leads me down roads that I would've never gone down. And he sucks at grammar. So together we're perfect.”
“You need to begin where people are. You can't punt ideas or innovations in from the 40 yard line. And yes, the work should feel so collaborative that it should feel like the end result belongs to everyone. Your best moment as a consultant is when your client plays your idea back to you as their idea. Your job: to nod sagely and say, "that's an excellent idea.".”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.”
“Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious”

Source : Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.374, Penguin
“Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling.”

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