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Mary McCarthy Quotes: I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that - how to express this - you really must make the self.
         

I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that - how to express this - you really must make the self.


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If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.



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For self-realization, a rebel demands a strong authority, a worthy opponent, God to his Lucifer.



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