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"The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air."
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"The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage."
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"Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
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"Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending."
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"A man is known his deeds."
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"Integrity is the antithesis of compromise and the sworn enemy of comfort. It bases its decisions not on how much discomfort we might be able to avoid, but on how much we need to avoid the compromise of comfort."
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"Cooperation is doing with a smile what you have to do anyhow."
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"Your personal integrity, defined as being honest and having strong moral principles, communicates whether (or not) you can be trusted."
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"Stephen King is a great and incredible character."
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"Failures make character, not success."
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Explore more quotes by Mary McCarthy
"Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a "work" of man."
Work
"When an American heiress wants to buy a man, she at once crosses the Atlantic. The only really materialistic people I have ever met have been Europeans."
People
"The labor of keeping house is labor in its most naked state, for labor is toil that never finishes, toil that has to be begun again the moment it is completed, toil that is destroyed and consumed by the life process."
Life
"I'm afraid I'm not sufficiently inhibited about the things that other women are inhibited about for me. They feel that you've given away trade secrets."
Woman
"If someone tells you he is going to make a "realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad."
Decision-Making
"The American character looks always as if it had just had a rather bad haircut, which gives it, in our eyes at any rate, a greater humanity than the European, which even among its beggars has an all too professional air."
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"We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story."
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"In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality."
Equality
"You musn't force sex to do the work of love or love to do the work of sex."
Love
"Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret."
Action
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