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Becky

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Becky’s Quotes

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
― Albert Einstein

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“Interviewer: What is your greatest regret?
Gorey: That I don't have one”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

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“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”
― Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree

tags: books, identity, individuality

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“...the best gift we can give each other is the gift of time -- those precious, special, eternal moments.”
― Shmuley Boteach

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“If you are interested in something, you will focus on it, and if you focus attention on anything, it is likely that you will become interested in it. Many of the things we find interesting are not so by nature, but because we took the trouble of paying attention to them.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life

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