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"And I'm not going to get any thinner or any younger, my ass is going to hit the ground, if it hasn't already--and I want to be with somebody who can still see me in here. I'm still in here. And I don't want to be resented or despised for changing...I'd rather be alone."
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"Until you raise the bar on yourself people will treat you as a commodity."
"You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self - respect out of the equation."
"Don't cry for someone who would love smiling when your tears are flowing."
"It is unwise to be part of what reduces you to less than yourself."
"The admiration you lavish on others phenomenally reflects the respect you give yourself."
"Self respect by definition is a confidence and pride in feeling that you are behaving in an honorable and dignified manner. Respect yourself by respecting others."
"Respect yourself enough to walk away from what doesn't serve you."
"Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."
"He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce."
"If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
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"Now, how do the young prepare to meet the old? The same way the old prepare to meet the young: with a little condescension; with low expectation of the other's rationality; with the knowledge that the other will find what they say hard to understand, that it will go beyond them (not so much over the head as between the legs); and with the feeling that they must arrive with something the other will like, something suitable."
"He had liked to listen to the exotic (to a Belsey) chatter of business and money and practical politics; to hear that Equality was a myth, and Multiculturalism was a fatuous dream; he thrilled at the suggestion that Art was a gift from God, blessing only a handful of masters, and most Literature merely a veil for poorly reasoned left-wing ideologies."
"Cos if it's encyclopedias we've got enough, like, information... and if it's God, you've got the wrong house."
"American houses...' she said, peering over her right shoulder and down the street. 'They always seem to believe that nobody ever loses anything, has lost anything. I find that very sad. Do you know what I mean?"
"They were smooth and bright, and their timing was wonderful, and they were young and hilarious. It was really something to see, they thought, and this was why they spoke loudly and gestured, inviting onlookers to admire."
"These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand over your passport at the check-in, you get stamped, you want to make a little money, get yourself started... but you mean to go back! Who would want to stay? Cold, wet, miserable; terrible food, dreadful newspapers - who would want to stay? In a place where you are never welcomed, only tolerated. Just tolerated. Like you are an animal finally house-trained."
"It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe."
"There was an inevitability about the road towards each other which encouraged meandering along the route."
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