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“Self-worth is an understanding on the intellectual level, trusting at the heart level, and accepting at the soul level that you are worthy just because you believe that you are. Your worthiness is proven by your existence. Your breathing. The beating of your heart. Your mere presence is all that is needed to establish your worth.”
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“If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel.”
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“What are these unheard of sins you condemn so much - and like so well?”
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“Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.”
Source : "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012. 
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“We don't want to disqualify individuals who are selected partly because they bring that diverse experience to the court in cases where that experience is most likely to make a difference.”
Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
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“I really think I shall commence chapter forty-four," he said, patting his hands together. "I shall commence, I think, with a slight exaggeration and go on from there into an outright lie. Constance, my dear?" "Yes, Uncle Julian?" "I am going to say that my wife was a beautiful woman.”
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“It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.”
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“One reason to fashion a story is to lift a grudge.”
Source : Bobbie Ann Mason (2013). “Clear Springs: A Memoir”, p.385, Random House
