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To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the people, institutions, authors, magazines, movie heroes, philosophers by whom he pictures himself being cheered and booed.
“You are, after all, what you think. Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
― The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
― The Diary of Anne Frank
― The Diary of Anne Frank
“It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving. I didn't want to destroy anything or anybody. I just wanted to slip quietly out the back door, without causing any fuss or consequences, and then not stop running until I reached Greenland.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
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