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"I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older."
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"ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED. He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question."
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Personal Development

"Humans always love and hate each other for a reason; beauty or talent, hard working or wealth. If you want to be loved give them a reason."
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"The difference between human and other species is, they eat each other when they have nothing to eat, but we eat each other while having everything."
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Personal Development

"I can't remember exactly when I started to steal, but I do remember being aware of the fact that if I wanted to enjoy myself and be popular, money was the way to do it."
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Personal Development

"I like dogs that bark a little. The silent ones scare me."
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Personal Development

"My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table."
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Personal Development

"It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life."
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Personal Development

"He discards a quilt for fear of bugs."
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Personal Development

"Funishment - not truly discipline."
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"Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life."
Life

"Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best."
Knowledge

"Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying."
Intelligence

"Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses."
Success

"Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred."
Time

"Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table."
Flying

"No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time."
Time

"Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception."
Behavior

"Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list."
Office

"Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom."
Office
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