"No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't."
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"We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more."
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"Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself."
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"All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don't know."
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"I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors."
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"A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide."
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"Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement."
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"Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane."
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"What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?"
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"No one can please everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should be to work on yourself."
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"I’ll just say one word: Icarus. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more."
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"Twitter should ban my mother."
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"To know oneself, one should assert oneself."
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"Why should I talk to you? I don't know where you're from."
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"There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective."
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"No man should be angry with what is true."
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"Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen."
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"The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death."
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"Write what should not be forgotten."
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"It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head."
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