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“When people are too present, too familiar or too in our face, something happens to us psychologically. We begin to tune them out, we begin to get sick of them, we begin to know them so well and become so familiar with who they are that we loose a bit of respect for them. You pass a certain threshold with the fact that you're too present in their lives, too much in their face and once that threshold is passed you're never going to repair it they have lost a certain respect for you.”
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“Ugliness is an illusion, gentlemen. Like beauty. Like color. All depends on the light. The only reality is action.”
Source : Karen Traviss (2011). “True Colors: Star Wars Legends (Republic Commando)”, p.38, Del Rey
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“Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.”
Source : William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”
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“Digital might capture the dynamics of what I heard before it went to tape a bit more accurately, but on the other hand, when we'd switch from listening to the digital version to the analog, the change was so profound - the music would suddenly go three-dimensional, and it felt much more engaging.”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com
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“Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!" "Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.”
Source : Carolyn Keene (1963). “Nancy Drew 08: Nancy's Mysterious Letter”, p.103, Penguin
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“There's nothing man ever dreams of that God hasn't already thought of!”
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“My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.”
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“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.”
