The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but

The resistance of a woman is not always a proof of her virtue, but more frequently of her experience. – Ninon de LEnclos

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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. – Eric Hoffer

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Ive learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, its important to knock them down a peg. – Jonah Hill

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Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me. – Albert Schweitzer

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No place epitomizes the American experience and the American spirit more than New York City. – Michael Bloomberg

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