"It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity."

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Source : Russell Lynes (1991). “Life in the slow lane: observations on art, architecture, manners and other such spectator sports”, Harpercollins

Russell Lynes

#Honesty Quotes #Accepting Quotes #Candor Quotes

“When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it.”
“If you lust after someone and have an absurd and overwhelming need to protect them, then the best way to deal with the situation is to marry the person.”

Source : Anne Stuart (2015). “Anne Stuart The House of Rohan Box Set: The Wicked House of Rohan\Ruthless\Reckless\Breathless\Shameless”, p.34, MIRA
“I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.”
“The relationships that I've built and the connections and the network that I have created playing on these multiple teams, playing for these multiple coaches and assistant coaches - I wouldn't give that back for anything, because I believe that's going to prepare me for my next step, whether that's going to be on the floor coaching or in an office doing some type of management work.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“Nothing else loves me, nor ever will. Not even - especially - me. I know what I am and that's not a thing to love.”
“When one chooses to be a writer, psychologically there's a reason for that because you like the isolation and you like to be by yourself and you are by nature timid.”
“Tom Hanks is a huge superstar. And people tell me he's a very nice guy, not arrogant, not an entitlement guy. But very quietly, Mr. Hanks has become a left-wing power player in Hollywood.”
“In nature, there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation.”

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