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“An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance.”
Source : Otto Weininger (2005). “Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles”, p.147, Indiana University Press
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“I wanted to be involved in music and I felt I needed to get in quick. I didn't want to spend four years in college and then hope for the best. I gave myself a year, which is why I kept pushing people for a chance. I literally felt my whole life was in the balance. Music was my life, and I was scared of having time pass by and missing my chance.”
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“Most of the avoidable suffering in life springs from our attempts to escape the unavoidable suffering inherent in the fragmentary nature of our present existence. We expect immortal satisfactions from mortal conditions, and lasting and perfect happiness in the midst of universal change. To encourage this expectation, to persuade mankind that the ideal is realizable in this world, after a few preliminary changes in external conditions, is the distinguishing mark of all charlatans, whether in thought or action.”
Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1944). “The Poisoned Crown”
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“In the Internet age, with the screaming on the radio, etc., it is hard to know what to believe and who is informed and who is not.”
Source : Source: www.newyorker.com
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“And she keeps saying, how can you do this to me? And i want to scream, what do you mean, how can I do this to you? Aren't we confusing our pronouns here? The question, really, is How could I do this to myself?”
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“Write,' she said, 'as if you'll never be read. That way you'll be sure to tell the truth.”
Source : Lori Lansens (2009). “The Girls”, p.14, Vintage Canada
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“The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive. As a result, children who grow up in stressful environments generally find it harder to concentrate, harder to sit still, harder to rebound from disappointments, and harder to follow directions. And that has a direct effect on their performance in school.”
Source : "How Children Succeed". Book by Paul Tough, January 25, 2013.
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“The question we should be asking. Would I want to be sponsored by me?”
Source : "The Bully’s Pulpit". thebaffler.com. July 2015. 
