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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Tacitus

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There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.

Jim Harrison

WomanMeYouWhyTalkOver

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

Jodie Foster

FearAloneGreatExperienceWarMe

I think we can spend too much time worrying about polls.

Jeremy Corbyn

TimeThinkToo MuchPollsWorrying

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.

Andrew Scott

CoachWellDifferentFantasticVery

I'm expected to do what's right; I want to leave a legacy of positivity behind.

Angie Stone

LegacyWantRightLeavePositivity

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

Spike Jonze

MusicThinkLanguageConnectionOld

I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored.

Tommy Lee Jones

ChildrenBoringAlwaysBoredOnly

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

Rudyard Kipling

HeartArtJoyWorldDevilSketch

Reading is a bridge to thought.

Maryanne Wolf

BridgeReadingThought

Millennials are more aware of society's many challenges than previous generations and less willing to accept maximizing shareholder value as a sufficient goal for their work. They are looking for a broader social purpose and want to work somewhere that has such a purpose.

Michael Porter

WorkPurposeValueChallengesGoal

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.

Liza Minnelli

WorkBestFeelDoneI Feel Like

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

Dennis Eckersley

CalmLearnYouDownBelongBig

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