“An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark – that is critical genius.”
—Billy Wilder.
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C S Lewis: Redeemed humanity
“For God is not merely mending, not simply restoring a status quo. Redeemed humanity is to be something more glorious than unfallen humanity.”
—C S Lewis.
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W H Auden: Discipline passion, discipline time
“A modern stoic knows that the surest way to discipline passion is to discipline time: decide what you want or ought to do during the day, then always do it at exactly the same moment every day, and passion will give you no trouble.”
—W H Auden.
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Francoise Sagan: Writing
“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.”
—Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (21 Jun 1935-2004).
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Charlie Munger: Best business getter
“When I was a lawyer, I used to say, ‘The best business getter any lawyer has is the work that’s already on his desk.’…it’s a very old-fashioned idea. You just do well with what you already have and more of the same comes in.”
—-Charlie Munger.
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Esther Perel: Self-esteem
“Self-esteem is the ability to see yourself as a flawed individual and still hold yourself in high regard.”
—Esther Perel.
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Juliette Lewis: Fame
“Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can’t just say, ‘hi’. You say hi and people whisper’ man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.”
—Juliette Lewis.
