"Navigate by the same star, unwilling to change, and you find yourself not only off-course but lost."
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"Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life"
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"It is in many people's best interest for you not to find yourself, but it only matters that it is in yours, and the whole world's, to proceed."
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"The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong."
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"Finding joy is probably tantamount to finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin."
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"But don’t forget that memory is like salt: the right amount brings out the flavour in food, too much ruins it. If you live in the past all the time, you’ll find yourself with no present to remember."
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"There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that."
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"There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place."
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"I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big."
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"Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack."
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"When everything goes without a hitch, where's the challenge, the opportunity to find out what you're made of?"
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"I used to tweet, but it's an act of futility. You're not really making any impact, and if you find yourself in a mood when you wanna be a bit controversial and you post something, you suddenly realise, 'Oh my God!' because you've opened yourself up to a bunch of criticism from strangers."
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"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
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"When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do."
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"Never forget that if you leave your law to judges and your religion to bishops, you will presently find yourself without either law or religion."
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"My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place."
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"You've got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself."
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"Integrity, a standard of personal morality and ethics, is not relative to the situation you happen to find yourself in and doesn't sell out to expediency. Its short supply is getting shorter - but without it, leadership is a facade."
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"I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison cafeteria wearing Daisy Duke shorts and a Jane Fonda headband."
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"My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world."
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