If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone. ― Epictetus

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Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. ― Willaim Lyon Phelps

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Maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people," I say. "Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time. ― Jandy Nelson

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Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person. ― Shannon L. Alder

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In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor. He's one-dimensional intentionally, but the villain is the person who owns up to what he is and stands by it. -Marilyn Manson

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She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home. ― Victoria Connelly, Wish You Were Here

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People who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. ― Josef Stalin

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Never allow a person to tell you no, who doesn’t have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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I almost always urge people to write in the first person. … Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it. - William Zinsser

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History has shown that one person's willingness to stand up for what is right can be the spark that ignites far-reaching change. ― Kamala Harris

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