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Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. ↗

— George Bancroft

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Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of another. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

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There is always one person on the set who has a lot of anxiety, an actor who is really intense and has to stay in character and holds himself away from the rest of us. ↗

— Maria Bello

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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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He who can believe himself well, will be well. ↗

— Ovid

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. ↗

— Epicurus

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And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced by hard or soft, light or dark treatment. ↗

— Bill Brandt

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