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  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali
    Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist and author (1969 - )
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  • Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Busy Philipps I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Malcolm X I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Arsenio Hall I don't possess a lot of self-confidence. I'm an actor so I simply act confident every time I hit the stage.
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  • A. E. van Vogt I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
    A. E. van Vogt
    Canadian-born science fiction author (1912 - 2000)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart's history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Anthony Doerr I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.
    Anthony Doerr
    American author (1973 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • E. F. Schumacher I have no doubt that it is possible to give a new direction to technological development, a direction that shall lead it back to the real needs of man, and that also means: to the actual size of man. Man is small, and, therefore, small is beautiful. To go for giantism is to go for self-destruction.
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  • Albert Einstein I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism have brought me to my ideas.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Jane Austen I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Bryan Batt I think in your home, you should only use colors that you look good in. It's a little self-serving but think if it as you're on a stage. Not with any pressure, but you want to showcase yourself.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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  • Arthur Miller I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.
    Arthur Miller
    American Dramatist (1915 - 2005)
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  • Kofi Annan I think over time you learn to know a bit more about yourself - you develop a certain amount of self-insight and self-awareness, and you know what you can absorb, and what you cannot; what gets to you and what doesn't.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Abdul Kalam I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.
    Wings of Fire
    Abdul Kalam
    11th President of India (1931 - 2015)
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  • Anne Bronte I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Ben Affleck I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger', and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Barbara Rosenblat I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.
    Barbara Rosenblat
    British actress (1950 - )
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  • Arnold Bennett If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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