"People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation."

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Elias Canetti

#Hate Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“Necessity urges desperate measures.”
“The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people.”
“Nice,' I say, realizing only afterward that I've mimicked her, a bad habit of mine; I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators to survive.”

Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.38, Penguin
“The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.”
“Some things just strike me as funny. The way things play out just makes me laugh sometimes. It drives my wife crazy sometimes because I'll just be laughing for no reason.”
“In order to create lasting security you must learn to stand in your truth.”
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
“Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.”

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