"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others."

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Source : Enemies of Promise (1938) ch. 16

Cyril Connolly

#Appreciation Quotes #People Quotes #Ego Quotes

“L.A. doesn't have any big personality to me; it's not inspiring.”
“It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.”
“Naught so sweet as melancholy.”
“People, in my long experience, want to talk. They may believe they wish to keep secrets, and they may believe that they are capable of doing so. But the truth is that secrets exist to be revealed; and it is usually very easy to find the combination of words that will cause them to emerge.”
“The next adventure is the government, a government of change.”
“... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.”
“But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about.”
“And to use something as elegant as a tree? Imagine this design assignment: Design somethingÂ that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, makes complex sugars and foods, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates. and then why don't we knock that down and write on it?”

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