"When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly."
"True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be."
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Source: Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.305, Simon and Schuster
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