"Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of adjusting their behavior, see problems as emanating from those around them, and keep on doing what they do in spite of everything, for better or worse."

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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.18, Penguin

A.S.A. Harrison

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Personality Quotes

“Winning leaders are almost always motivated when the chips are down.”
“Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.”
“I love fashion. I like looking fresh and wearing new stuff.”

Source : "Austin Mahone On His New Single And Summer Tour (With Taylor Swift!)" by Casey Lewis, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2013.
“Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you? But I always wonder about that. If people could see me the way I see myselfâ€”if they could live in my memoriesâ€”would anyone, anyone, love me?”
“Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what youâ€™ve achieved.”
“Human pride and egoism always create divisions, build walls of indifference, hate and violence. The Holy Spirit, on the other hand, makes hearts capable of understanding the languages of all, as he re-establishes the bridge of authentic communication between earth and Heaven.”
“The dream is not a map. A poem is not the territory. The dreamer reclines in a barbershop carpeted with Afro turf. In the dark some soul yells. It hurts to walk barefoot on cowrie shells.”

Source : Harryette Mullen (2002). “Sleeping with the Dictionary”, p.39, Univ of California Press
“Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.”

Source : "NCIS: Endgame". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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