People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called … - Joan Didion

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There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.

Joan Didion

People with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of moral nerve; they display what was once called *character,* a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to the other, more instantly negotiable virtues. . . . character--the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life--is the source from which self-respect springs.

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