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"When somebody tells me to 'stop being so sensitive', you know what? I feel a little like a nose being lectured by a fart. Hannah Gadsby Hannah Gadsby - Wikipedia

Words are so lovable. How could you not love words? Erin McKean

If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. Malcolm Forbes

I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do. Maya Angelou

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day. Rick Rubin

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller

"An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening." Marlon Brando

“Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't know and is therefore indefinable; something which...

The most effective way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. Andrew Huberman

"Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure." Don Wilder

I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it. Edith Sitwell

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere. Chris Pine

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life. Miles Davis

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.” George Bernard Shaw