"When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important."

-- Studs Terkel

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“I went camping for 33 days, and now everybody seems to care.”
“I've got a great repertoire with my players.”
“In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think, because the book was a horrific downer, an unrelenting account of the administration's actions, bungles, deceptions, half-truths, untruths, and downright corruptions.”
“There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.”
“Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.”

Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback”, p.73, Lulu.com
“Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.”

Source : "Susan Cain: 'Society has a cultural bias towards extroverts'". Interview with Ian Tucker, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2012.
“We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.”
“I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm learning to not want to be someone else, to just be who I am, as is, with nothing extra added on.”

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