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You can’t be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others. You just can’t.
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“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
― Twelfth Night
― Twelfth Night
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
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