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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
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“IF WHAT YOU WANT HAPPENS, GOOD. IF IT DOESN’T HAPPEN, VERY GOOD.”
― Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
― Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
“Live in a house you can afford, but eat like a king.”
― Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
― Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“What do you think dignity's all about?'
The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.”
― The Remains of the Day
The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public.”
― The Remains of the Day

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