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Be You Quotes (page 366)

Here’s a free tip,” his father says: “The feds aren’t terribly impressed by infantile egoism. In fact, if Objectivism were at the center of human philosophical discourse rather than the fringes, we wouldn’t be here—the Big Zap would have arrived decades ago. But I’m going to be generous and let you write down the ghost of Ayn Rand as a brain fart. I won’t bring her up again if you don’t. Cory Doctorow
Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection? Oscar Wilde
Jane Austen quote: "Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the..."
Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without. Jane Austen
When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question adults all that much. I think that's because they were assuming that 99 percent of the time, we'd be interacting with worthy, smart adults... They didn't ever tell me 'Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say. Mindy Kaling
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it..."
I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you Charlotte Bronte
I'll not always be here on guard. The stars twinkle in the Milky Way and the wind sighs for songs across the empty fields of a planet a Galaxy away. You won't always be here. But before you go, whisper this to your sons and their sons - "The work was free. Keep it so. L. Ron Hubbard
If you like. I'll be furious flesh elemental, or- changing to tones that the sunset arouses- if you like-I'll be extraordinary gentle, not a man but - a cloud in trousers. Vladimir Mayakovsky
I saw a spider-I didn't scream 'cause I can belch the alphabet-Just double dog dare me! And I chose guitar over ballet and I take these suckers down 'cause they just get in my way. Then you look at me kinda like a little sister-You high five your goodbyes and it leaves me nothing but blisters- I don't want to be one of the boys, one of your guys-Just give me a chance to prove to you tonight that I just wanna be one of the girls, pretty in pearls and not one of the boys... Katy Perry
Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by light. Bu since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother's milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship. Khalil Gibran
We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people. Toni Cade Bambara
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good..."
Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one. George Bernard Shaw
Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you. Philip Roth
Nothingness is staring you in the face. Utter and permanent oblivion. You will cease to be. To be, Jack. The dier accepts this and dies. The killer, in theory, attempts to defeat his own death by killing others. He buys time, he buys life. - Murray (WN 291) Don DeLillo
When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head almost constantly: "There's never gonna be a room someplace where there's a group of people sitting around, having fun, hanging out, where one of them goes, 'You know what would be great? We should call Fiona. Yeah, that would be good.' That'll... Fiona Apple
What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said. Dorothy L. Sayers

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