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“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”
Source : Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren (2014). “How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading”, p.49, Simon and Schuster
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“When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this.”
Source : "Bridget Moynahan Was 'Heartbroken' and Pregnant After Brady Break-Up". www.foxnews.com. June 05, 2008.
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“If you don't daydream and kind of plan things out in your imagination, you never get there. So you have to start someplace.”
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“A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.”
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“I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.”
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“Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!”
Source : Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon (1806). “The Exemplary Life of the Pious Lady Guion”, p.14
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“I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.”
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“The more I think about myself, the more I'm persuaded that, as a person, I really don't exist. That is one of the reasons why I can't believe in any orthodox religion: I cannot believe in my own soul. No, I am a chemical compound, conditioned by environment and education. My "character" is simply a repertoire of acquired tricks, my conversation a repertoire of adaptations and echoes, my "feelings" are dictated by purely physical, external stimuli.”