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Your Quotes
On staying in control of what's truly your own.
These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be suicide in the American academy to show too early an interest beyond your doctoral specialization: charges of everything from charlatanry to ambition would be levied and tenure denied. I've seen this first-hand.
- Budget
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't have to use aggression to squash somebody. You have to use your brain.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.
- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your characters are two-dimensional and your plot uncompelling, it won't matter how incredibly detailed and believable your fantasy world might be.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being fined for violating the rules of your league is not the same as a shop owner on Main Street paying to have a new sign hung in front of their business. One is a business expense, the other is a punishment.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
No living being should have to endure conditions that you wouldn't put on your worst enemy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky. I don't for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don't like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart.
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- Nov 07, 2020