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    Agatha Christie
    “I don't go in for being sorry for people. For one thing it's insulting. One is only sorry for people if they are sorry for themselves. Self-pity is the biggest stumbling block in our world today.

    ~Jessop”
    ― Agatha Christie, Destination Unknown
    tags: pity
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    Ayn Rand
    “This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue.”
    ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
    tags: pity, virtue
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    Emily Brontë
    “I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain.”
    ― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
    tags: pity
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    Robin Hobb
    “That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.
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    ― Robin Hobb, Ship of Destiny
    tags: challenge, life, pity
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    Dorothy Parker
    “Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.”
    ― Dorothy Parker
    tags: irritation, lament, misfortune, pity, plaintiveness
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    Michelle Obama
    “You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
    ― Michelle Obama
    tags: decision-making, decisions, fear
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    David Gemmell
    “Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.”
    ― David Gemmell, Fall of Kings
    tags: decision-making, instinct, self-reliance, trust
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    Jung Chang
    “...go in the direction your head is pointed in.”
    ― Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
    tags: decision-making
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    “Work diligently. Work hard. Focus. Perform as if you are at the Olympics. One day, unexpectedly, it will start paying off.”
    ― Joan Marques
    tags: inspirational, life, rewards, work
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    Noël Coward
    “It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
    ― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
    tags: deceit, honesty, hypocrisy, morality, shock, top-8
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    Dorothy Parker
    “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
    ― Dorothy Parker
    tags: god, humor, money
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    Groucho Marx
    “While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
    ― Groucho Marx
    tags: money
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    Will Rogers
    “Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
    ― Will Rogers
    tags: appearances, credit, life, money, people, pride
    919 likes



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