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When you're a plebeian you want success, and when you're successful you want to be a plebeian again. ↗

— Paula Cole

#success #successful #want #you

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#both #deeply #differences #essential #huge

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#connection #consciousness #formation #formed #habit

An unexpected benefit of my career in biochemistry has been travel. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#benefit #biochemistry #career #travel #unexpected

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. ↗

— George Eliot

#best #failure #knows #life #only

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#debating #government #i #participated #president

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#college #early #enough #gained #high

The excitement of vitamins, nutrition and metabolism permeated the environment. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#excitement #metabolism #nutrition #permeated #vitamins

The experience reminds me of a favorite saying: Most of the yield from research efforts comes from the coal that is mined while looking for diamonds. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#comes #diamonds #efforts #experience #favorite

I want people to leave the cinema feeling that something's been confirmed for them about life. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#been #cinema #confirmed #feeling #i