"As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish."

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Source : Jaida Jones, Danielle Bennett (2008). “Havemercy”, p.155, Spectra

Jaida Jones

#Self Quotes #Matter Quotes #Foolish Quotes

“During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.”
“If youâ€™re told what to look for, you canâ€™t see anything else.”
“It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.”
“As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.”
“The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.”
“I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.”
“On Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only one led to high intelligence ; this makes me believe its utter improbablity.”
“Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.”

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