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"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world."
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Personal Development
"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
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Personal Development
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
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Personal Development
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
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Personal Development
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
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Personal Development
"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."
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Personal Development
"And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness."
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Personal Development
"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."
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Personal Development
"A human being is only breath and shadow."
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Personal Development
"The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything."
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"I enjoy adapting my own work, or anybody's work. I like to adapt books."
Work
"I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again."
Being
"What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it."
People
"You've got people who are looking at DNA evidence and other evidence like that and they're ignoring it."
People
"Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case."
Career
"When I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice."
Career
"As a cop, I dealt with every kind of bum and criminal. They all have more integrity than some Hollywood people."
People
"What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it down the river."
People
"The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore."
Career
"The time has come for professional jurors."
Time
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