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 Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.  Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. It is not opposition but indifference which separates men. TheSc ots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head, heart and haggis. I wanted to be scared again ... I wanted to feel unsure again. That's the only way I learn, the only way I feel challenged. Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. There are no hopeless situations; there are only men who have grown hopeless about them. Those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known, euphemistically, as the stately homes of England. There's a lot of nice things about Denver. I just don't, for the life of me, know what they are. Always be a little kinder than necessary. I don't ask for your pity, but just your understanding - no, not even that -no. Just for your recognition of me in you, and the enemy, time, in us all. Life is one long struggle to disinter oneself, to keep one's head above the accumulations, the ever deepening layers of objects ... which attempt to cover one over, steadily, almost irresistibly, like falling snow. He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. Prejudice is the child of ignorance. Thou who has given so much to me, give one thing more: a grateful heart. I have met brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words. Fear is uncertainty. Pm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm. The number-one fear in life is public speaking, and the number-two fear is death. This means that if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than giving the eulogy. 
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