Respect is not fear and awe; it...[is]the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me.Fromm

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So many books, so little time. ― Frank Zappa

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Your true purpose is to become your own unique self, and to do so with happiness and freedom from fear. ― Bryant McGill

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Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud rock it loud. - Apolo Ohno

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There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.

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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.... ― George Bernard Shaw

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Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone. ― Saul Bellow

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You don't want it to be a replica or an imitation. You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ― Neil Gaiman

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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. — William James

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