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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to our

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. – Joan Didion

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Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the community, and in a sense this is true. The tension broke that day. The paranoia was fulfilled. – Joan Didion

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Before Id written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers – when youve got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other peoples ability to do that. – Joan Didion

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Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. – John Herschel

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Flatter yourself critically. – Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery, 2007

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Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price. – Author Unknown

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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. – Axel Munthe

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