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“You need to learn to live with yourself, not others,” he went on. “That’s the difficult part. When you learn to accept your own nature, it will start to feel peaceful, not frantic. Maybe then you’ll stop throwing yourself at such terrible
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“You need to learn to live with yourself..”- Martha's conversation with her dad
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“Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“Son, you can't go around painting yourself black, you hear?"
"Why not, Papa?"
"Because they'll take you away."
"Why?"
"Because you shouldn't want to be like black people or Jewish people or anyone who is...not us."
"Who are Jewish people?"
"You know my oldest customer, Mr. Kaufmann? Where we bought your shoes?"
"Yes."
"Well, he's Jewish."
"I didn't know that. Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a license?"
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"...you've got beautiful blond hair and big safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that; is that clear?”
― The Book Thief
"Why not, Papa?"
"Because they'll take you away."
"Why?"
"Because you shouldn't want to be like black people or Jewish people or anyone who is...not us."
"Who are Jewish people?"
"You know my oldest customer, Mr. Kaufmann? Where we bought your shoes?"
"Yes."
"Well, he's Jewish."
"I didn't know that. Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a license?"
.....
"...you've got beautiful blond hair and big safe blue eyes. You should be happy with that; is that clear?”
― The Book Thief
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Q&A with Paulo Coelho
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