"Take your focus off how others see you. Cease being obsessed with the need to impress your friends and your foes. Keep your concern on the vision you see in the mirror. Donâ€™t allow the approval of others to obstruct your view of you."

-- Tavis Smiley

#Mirrors Quotes #Views Quotes #Focus Quotes

“It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this age of deodorants and other perversions. Actually, I find the atmosphere of this room rather comforting. Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs. You may remember that Mark Twain preferred to lie supinely in bed while composing those rather dated and boring efforts which contemporary scholars try to prove meaningful. Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.70, LSU Press
“You have to compromise all the way. The only thing that counts is the result.”
“Stories break silence and nourish those who work, feel, and dream.”
“The United States did not choose to fight Islamic extremists. These terrorists chose to fight our way of life. They chose to challenge our existence.”
“I admire people who overcome obstacles or who have to commit - I've always really admired commitment, whether it be a commitment to living or a commitment to love. People who commit to a moment. People who are not somewhere else, but in the room with you.”

Source : Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.
“There's a hell of a lot of ***** people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be.”
“One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy.”

Source : "In brief: GLAAD hands Ang Lee award", www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2006.
“I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps.”

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