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The Little Drummer Girl

by John le Carré

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“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: animosity, attitude, bitter, bitterness, confidence, courage, criticize, drive, faith, focus, gossip, greatness, hate, haters, hyena, insult, jealous, jealousy, judge, laugh, laughter, life, lion, lion-quote, mock, mockery, negative, negativity, perseverance, persevere, personality, ridicule, small-minds, strength, strong, success, successful-people

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“Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race.”
― Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery

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“While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea”
― E.M. Forster, Howards End

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