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“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”
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“Why be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.”
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“In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.”
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“Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool.”
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“The academic bias against subjectivity not only forces our students to write poorly ("It is believed...," instead of, "I believe..."), it deforms their thinking about themselves and their world. In a single stroke, we delude our students into believing that bad prose turns opinions into facts and we alienate them from their own inner lives.”
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