Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your … - Robertson Davies

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Tears disturb and confuse men, but women know the relief they can bring. I didn't cry because I couldn't deal with my life, but because I could.

Robertson Davies

Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you.

Belief, Believe, Certain, May

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Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

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We mistrust anything that too strongly challenges our ideal of mediocrity.

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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

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To ask an author who hopes to be a serious writer if his work is autobiographical is like asking a spider where he buys his thread. The spider gets his thread right out of his own guts, and that is where the author gets his writing.

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The majority of unskilled investors stubbornly hold onto their losses when the losses are small and reasonable. They could get out cheaply, but being emotionally involved and human, they keep waiting and hoping until their loss gets much bigger and costs them dearly.

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I dream too much, and I don't write enough, and I'm trying to find God everywhere.

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Lee Iacocca

I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

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