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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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Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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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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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. – Rebecca West

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Ive never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist. – Beatrice Dalle

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I know it sounds new age-y, but what Ive truly come up with is that you really need to trust that youre on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it. – Jane Lynch

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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks dont support Republicans is because they dont trust the GOP establishment. – J. C. Watts

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