"Pride comes before a fall- although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride."

-- Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

“Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth is perhaps the pacifist's only weapon. Over and over again, even the suggestion that one may publish the facts has changed a scornful, bullying opponent into an almost subservient helper. But how dangerous it is!”

Source : Muriel Lester (1937). “It Occurred to Me”
“I'm a bit of a chameleon with the whole entertainment industry so to speak.”
“Individual honors come with team success.”
“Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.”
“In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body.”
“If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.'”
“Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them.”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1954). “Amy Vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette: a guide to gracious living”
“To everyone who says this is wrong to feel like this say, 'I was born this way baby.”

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