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"Don't pretend to be what you're not, instead, pretend to what you want to be, it is not pretence, it is a journey to self realization."
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"What may appear as audacity God views as authenticity."
"I can only be me."
"Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others."
"You shouldn't write about your personal life', says the one feeling threatened by the truth to the writer."
"The crucial point in life is: are we living our 'own' life or simply a life for 'other' people. Are we not playing a role on behalf of some social groups and masquerading for fear of being excluded? ['Quest for the real moment']"
"Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remarkable and are the only ones who truly make a difference in this world."
"Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy."
"Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist."
"Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."
"Embrace your weirdness. Some will adore you. Others won't. But who cares? Worry about loving yourself, not loving the idea of other people loving you."
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"Blessed are those that know the path out of their carnal flesh, for they shall attain intuition."
"Buy a gift for a dog, and you'll be amazed at the way it will dance and swerve its tail, but if don't have anything to offer to it, it won't even recognize your arrival; such are the attributes of fake friends."
"Apologizing is different from begging, it doesn't change your status, go ahead and get on your knees, spill tears if you got it, for the person you offended, if at all you had a place in their hearts, you'll be totally forgiven and accepted."
"Anyone that says his mind will be probably regarded a fool, but the true artist is not moved by the comments about the looks of his painting or remarks that are dreadfully sarcastic, but hearken now! That he who says what others want to hear hasn't said anything of his own."
"If you really want to be different, you'd better keep quiet and be a good person on the inside."
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