"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Self Quotes #Rejection Quotes #Meaningful Life Quotes

“I think people often try to find through sex things that are much easier to find in other ways.”

Source : Patricia Highsmith (2015). “The Price of Salt: (Illustrated Edition)”, p.82, She Winked Press
“There is no God and that's His only commandment.”

Source : Glen Duncan (2011). “The Last Werewolf”, p.341, Vintage
“I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an artist. I am always looking for that part that I have never done before, which makes it all the more difficult, because people want to hire you for what theyve already seen you do.”
“My records don't go platinum or gold. I think they go cedar.”
“My knowledge of Abuja is not as deep as my knowledge of Lagos.”
“If I have a problem, stuff's going through my head, I feel like using, I usually go and talk to my dad... I decided to get sober a lot younger than he did. He first tried to get sober when he was like 32, I believe.”
“It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.”
“I've found that my athletes run their best races after about 10 weeks of intense training.”

Source : Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 8, 2012.

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