"Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real you never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces."

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Source : Shashi Deshpande (1989). “That Long Silence”, p.1, Penguin Books India

Shashi Deshpande

#Real Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Self Quotes

“Defeat is only a defeat when we don't learn anything.”
“Reading won't have the confidence to be confident”
“In the years before the war, whenever [Adolf] Hitler would be holed up in Bayreuth, Eva [Braun], myself and our mother often went to Italy for a week.”
“My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I thought about leaving.”
“As a psychopathic creature, the corporation can neither recognize nor act upon moral reasons to refrain from harming others.”

Source : Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.60, Simon and Schuster
“The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.”

Source : "La Celestina". Book by Fernando de Rojas, 1499.
“You can see it right away when a person is dressing outside of who she is.”
“It's important for people to believe in themselves. It's important for young girls to have the opportunity to excel and promote themselves, and learn how to communicate and that they can be individuals, yet accomplish so much. The Girl Scouts and other organizations like them make that so important, so vital. Girls are given the opportunity very early in life to give them that confidence in themselves. It's crucial for organizations to support young women.”

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