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I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

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A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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I don't want foreign policy developed just by one party and ride roughshod over the other party. ↗

— Charles H. Percy

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Naturally, I have compensated in my adult years by owning very large numbers of books. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

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I think in the early part of my career, the roles were so disparate that it never gave anybody an opportunity to understand my essence and what I would be good at doing, as opposed to what I would not be good at doing, so these little moments of beautiful things that were happening to me were consistent, but very few and very far between. ↗

— Ron Perlman

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If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

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I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice. ↗

— Thomas Perry

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I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But this burst of speed comes from an older adrenaline, some limbic other. Not courage, but a deeper terror. I don't want to be left alone. And I am ready to defend Ossie against whatever monster I encounter, ... and save her for myself. ↗

— Karen Russell

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Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations. ↗

— Alfred Adler

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One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

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