"To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human."
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"To aspire to be superhuman is a most discreditable admission that you lack the guts, the wit, the moderating judgment to be successfully and consummately human."
"Why is this so hard?” I whispered. His pulse leaped crazily at my admission. “Everything worth fighting for is hard."
"You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission."
"I'd like to decide who comes here. I'd like to be the admissions director of New York."
"Do you trust me? The question is usually asked before an admission that such trust is misplaced."
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