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"When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity."
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"Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that."
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"Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good."
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"I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on."
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"There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders."
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"Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week."
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"I went across the fields to avoid the straight highways, along the firing lines where people were shooting at a small wooded hill, which is now covered with wooden crosses and lines of graves instead of spring flowers."
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"Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis."
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"It's hard to build a brand, competitively, and tell people what you do as well."
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"There are people out there who want me to fail, who want Jude to fail, who want our relationship to fail."
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"The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none."
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"If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you."
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"I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life."
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"Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury."
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"Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young."
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"I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way."
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"Every day brings new choices."
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"I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it."
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"Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107."
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"Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind."
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"Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation."
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