Quote by Rebecca West
Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say a

Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. – Rebecca West

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Pleasure
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Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a persons mind. – Rebecca West

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communication
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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Music
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. – William Penn

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Trust

Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that were downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis. – Rob Glaser

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Trust

Reporters used to be blue-collar at the Globe now, its practically required that you have a trust fund. – Howie Carr

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Trust

The trust of the people in the leaders reflects the confidence of the leaders in the people. – Paulo Freire

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In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply cant build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. – Anne Frank

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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet. – Proverb

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I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that hell travel with me if its appropriate, if Im not going overseas. – Gina Gershon

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