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"When people hold you in high esteem, it's very delicate relationship. When they meet you they're putting all their chips up. It's make or break."
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"The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation that away Men are but gilded loam or painted clay."
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"He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world."
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"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."
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"A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment."
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"Speaking of your eyeballs, dear brother,I overheard some girls talking about you in the restroom at the tournament hotel. Apparently rumor now has it that you won't allow anyone to see your eyes-ever. In fact, according to this knowledgeable source, you even sleep and shower with your glasses on in case someone unexpectedly walks in...one of them said she'd seen your eyes for herself two years ago and could only describe them as 'ferocious and roving,' and 'burning white-hot with a primal, raw wildness."
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"For your fourth consoling thought, I would point out that in this venue,' a wave of his finger took in Vorbarr Sultana, and by extension Barrayar, 'acquiring a reputation as a slick and dangerous man, who would kill without compunction to obtain and protect his own, is not all bad. In fact, you might even find it useful.''Useful! Have you found the name of the Butcher of Komarr a handy prop, then, sir?' Miles said indignantly.His father's eyes narrowed, partly in grim amusement, partly in appreciation. 'I've found it a mixed . . . damnation."
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"If you are a giant mountain, you cannot escape from being famous; all that you can do is to pray for the fog to cover you up!"
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"Now since shame is a mental picture of disgrace, in which we shrink from the disgrace itself and not from its consequences, and we only care what opinion is held of us because of the people who form that opinion, it follows that the people before whom we feel shame are those whose opinion of us matters to us."
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"The confidence felt, when dealing with genuine reputation, often outweighs the simplicity of price."
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"Our reputation is more important than the last hundred million dollars."
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"Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good."
Truth
"It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point."
Discrimination
"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts."
Love
"There is nothing like being told to go fuck yourself by the same person who was, only days before, praying on your behalf."
Hypocrisy
"I love to go on stage and sing."
Love
"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."
Beauty
"I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that."
Change
"You need a little bit of insanity to do great things."
Insanity
"Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call."
Film
"So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life."
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