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“To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

tags: self-confidence

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“It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

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“You've never in your life seen a horse run so fast! He's all power-all beauty.”
― Walter Farley, The Black Stallion

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“Because he had a good agent, he had a good contract. Because he had a good contract, he was in Singapore an hour after the explosion. Most of him, anyway.”
― William Gibson, Count Zero

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“I carefully read each letter myself. Some of them are serious in tone, discussing the meaning of life, invoking the supremacy of the soul, the mystery of every existence. And by a curious reversal, the people who focus most closely on these fundamental questions tend to be people I had known only superficially. Their small talk had masked hidden depths. Had I been blind and deaf, or does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? Other”
― Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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