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Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.


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Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.



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The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.



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There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.



Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.



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Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.



Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.



One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.



To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.



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The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.





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Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.

Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.



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I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself.



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The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.



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When their love was not reciprocated, it could quickly turn to violent hatred.



When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?'

When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?'




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