"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."

-- Jane Austen

#Selfish Quotes #Practice Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“There are many respects in which America, if it can bring itself to act with the magnanimity and the empathy appropriate to its size and power, can be an intelligent example to the world.”
“There is no business like show business, Irving Berlin once proclaimed, and thirty years ago he may have been right, but not anymore. Nowadays almost every business is like show business, including politics, which has become more like show business than show business is.”
“I'm all for whatever transitions the book properly to a movie.”
“The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.”

Source : Max Eastman (1962). “Reflections on the failure of socialism”
“I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him.”
“Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.”
“Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.”
“The Buddha’s dharma didn’t teach peace and relaxation; it taught awakening—often rude awakening.”

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