"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."

-- Jane Austen

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“I've benefited greatly from studying many effective people from history. Among those who've influenced me the most are Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. Each of the three altered history; each was self-created to a great extent; and each was a great student of history and leadership.”
“Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.”
“It is not possible to create peace in the Middle East by jeopardizing the peace of the world.”
“Is life less thrilling if your neighbors are rational, if they donâ€™t bomb your power stations whenever they feel you need to be admonished? Is it less rousing if they donâ€™t rattle your windows and nerves with indiscriminate sonic booms just because they can?”
“Seeing is a neglected enterprise.”

Source : "Saul Leiter, Photographer Who Captured New York's Palette, Dies at 89" by Margalit Fox, www.nytimes.com. November 27, 2013.
“You better change your ways / And get really wild. / I want to tell you something / I wouldn't tell you no lie. / Wild women are the only kind / That really get by, / 'Cause Wild Women don't worry / Wild Women don't get the blues.”
“Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.”
“A five-year old is in a pretty good position to assess who is beautiful and who is not. Removed from the confusions of sexuality, he or she can judge a face as a face.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House

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