"To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard"

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Source : Francis Fukuyama (2006). “The End of History and the Last Man”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

Francis Fukuyama

#Mean Quotes #Self Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I haven't really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn't offensive?”
“Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“What hell condemned, let heaven now heal.”
“To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.”
“I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.”
“I think different religions are different doors to the same house. Sometimes I think the house exists, and sometimes I donâ€™t. Itâ€™s the great mystery. (Steve Jobs)”
“If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars.”

Source : 'Say not the struggle naught availeth' (1855)
“I do bring my teaching together with my writing. I make students write in class, and do the same prompts I give them. I'm always on the lookout for teaching poems - poems that inspire me and my students to write poems in response.”

Source : Source: blog.pshares.org

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