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“After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.”
Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2010). “Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It”, p.93, Profile Books
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“Neither a person entirely broken nor one entirely whole can speak. In sorrow, pretend to be fearless. In happiness, tremble.”
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“She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.”
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“My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.”
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“I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.”
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“Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.”
Source : Donalyn Miller (2013). “Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits”, p.30, John Wiley & Sons
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“Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.”
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“As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.”
