"If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you're surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his party wants to nominate you for President of the United States, but you're not really surprised."

-- Rex Stout

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“When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth.”

Source : George Horace Lorimer (2016). “Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son”, p.71, Lulu.com
“If we die, do not mourn for us. This is a risky business we're in, and we accept those risks. The space program is too valuable to this country to be halted for too long if a disaster should ever happen.”
“Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.”

Source : "The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Matthew Henry". Book by Matthew Henry and Philip Henry, p. 134, 1830.
“A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb up a tree, and a mathematician who can only specialise is like a monkey who can only climb down a tree. In fact neither the up monkey nor the down monkey is a viable creature. A real monkey must find food and escape his enemies and so must be able to incessantly climb up and down. A real mathematician must be able to generalise and specialise.”
“Don't be a leaf... Be a tree!”
“Girls donâ€™t fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, donâ€™t snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while theyâ€™ve given up and try to lure someone else.”
“I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.”
“I`m surrounded by people and feel alone.”

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