"Part of the job of being human is to consistently underestimate our effect on other people..."

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Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.76, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lucy Grealy

#Jobs Quotes #People Quotes #Underestimate Quotes

“If you stop and confine yourself to one place, you will develop prejudices.”
“I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites.”
“Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart.”
“As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity”

Source : Philippa Perry, The School of Life (2012). “How to Stay Sane”, p.75, Pan Macmillan
“Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.”
“I have so many great friends, so many great memories, so many great pictures, so many great songs, so many great relationships with people. I definitely feel, for the last 15 years, that I spent my time very wisely. And that's a great thing to be able to look back at.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
“I don't believe in depriving yourself of things you want.”
“I'm a huge fan of the program 'Democracy Now,' which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.”

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