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“Most men claim to desire driven, independent and confident women. Yet when confronted with such a creature reverence often evolves into resent. For just like women, men need to be needed.”
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“Whever I came into the room, she'd light up, so happy to see me. No one ever in the course of my entire life was ever as happy to see me as she was. Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.”
― Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers
― Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers
“The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.”
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“Almost everyone is overconfident--except the people who are depressed, and they tend to be realists.”
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“Trying to build myself up with the fact that I have done things right that were even good and have had moments that were excellent but the bad is heavier to carry around and feel have no confidence.”
― Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
― Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
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