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"I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper."
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"But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children."
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"The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics."
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"Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something."
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"I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free."
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"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded."
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"You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker."
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"I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."
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"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."
Peace
"A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house."
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"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."
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"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Money
"To marry a fool is to be no fool."
Fool
"It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
Public
"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."
Work
"It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right."
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"We die only once, and for such a long time."
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