"I am ... a realist. The magnitude of what one terms license or civil liberties or personal freedom has got to be adjusted to the circumstances."

-- Lee Kuan Yew

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“When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.”
“It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.”
“The first concert I attended was an Elvis concert when I was eleven. Even at that age he made me realize the tremendous effect a performer could have on an audience.”
“I believe that the people are looking for a leader who has experience, who has courage, who has vision.”

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“I don't know if you can articulate an instinct.”

Source : "My Brilliant Career: Kristen Wiig" by Rachel Rosenblit, www.elle.com. March 19, 2010.
“Everyone deserves love and appreciation. If there is someone in the world whom we do not love, it is our blessing to work this out within ourselves. A very key spiritual principle, echoed in the Cayce readings as well as mainstream psychology, is that whatever we see in others that makes us angry, sad or jealous is a reflection of an issue we have in ourselves. If we can learn to love, respect and forgive ourselves, then we will not be angered and offended by what we see in others.”
“The secret to true happiness is low expectations and insensitivity.”
“I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.”

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