"If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts"

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Source : "Solitude and Leadership" by William Deresiewicz, theamericanscholar.org. March 01, 2010.

William Deresiewicz

“There is a sad disconnectedness that overcomes a library when its owner is gone.”
“How do you get rid of hiccups? Drink water upside-down and put a pencil in your mouth. Is that possible?”
“My whole family is very sarcastic and constantly making jokes.”
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.”
“There's something about football that's exciting. The defense is trying to shut you down and you're trying to blow people up.”
“The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.”
“I designed my whole image. That was all me. I just bought some regular clothes, threw a medallion around my neck, and that was it. The next thing I know, that's the look.”
“Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth.”

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