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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising

The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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Honesty
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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world. – John Updike

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Leadership
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We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. – John Updike

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Sanity
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Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, You do realise this is a gay club, dont you lads? you get all excited because you think, Wow, he thought I was straight! – Graham Norton

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Our modern society – especially in the West, and especially now – reveres youth. – Clint Eastwood

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Society

If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are societys heroes. – Guy Kawasaki

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Art is the close scrutiny of reality and therefore I put on the stage only those things that I know happen in our society. – Edward Bond

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It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well. – Giancarlo Esposito

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What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music – participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing. – Will Oldham

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