“You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.”
― Lord Jim
― Lord Jim
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."
[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
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[The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
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“My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.
But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.”
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But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.”
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“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.”
― Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology With Commentaries
― Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology With Commentaries
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