"I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that their critics can neither compass nor share ..."

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Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”

Mabel Osgood Wright

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“The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that regard. I believe that we have to look at our own history with humility and think about our responsibility.”

Source : "U.S. 'only indispensable alliance'". Interview with Lally Weymouth, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 23, 2007.
“I donâ€™t know what the future of my career holds, but I know that whatever is over the horizon, the road Iâ€™ve traveled to get here is like those Interstates in Texas: everything can look the same, and it can feel like youâ€™re not going anywhere, until you suddenly get where youâ€™re going and realize that youâ€™ve been traveling for a long time.”
“The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk".”
“As an actor, it's much, much easier to be really nasty to someone that you really like.”
“Fashion people think that the careful Nice companies are boring beyond measure. (Nice people think fashionistas look silly and should Get A Life).”
“I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it.”
“To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.”
“The type of Buddhist practices that I talk about in 'The Art of Happiness' have to do with reconditioning one's way of thinking and one's outlook, and one's perception and how one relates to people. That type of thing, any Westerner can practice at any time.”

Source : "Writer searches for happiness with the Dalai Lama" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com.

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