Stay away from people who don't know who they are but want you to be just like them. People who'll want to label you. People who'll try to write their fears on your face.

~ Richard Peck

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Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection—fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.

~ Jewel

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Perfect' - the most misattributed word in English languageA 'perfect' thing can never be improved - at least by what the meaning implies. Why should anyone want to be perfect?Unfortunately, this happens to be my greatest flaw. Turning a relative idea into an absolute one. Seeking perfection in others - or should I say 'subconsciously seeking perfection in myself' and projecting a benchmark based in fantasy on others.Makes one come across as judgmental, intolerant, arrogant or impatient - in short, a platinum-class jerk. But you, my friend, are too kind to tell me. Or you'd rather bear for the moment and cuss me roundly when I'm gone. That's unfair to us both.If I have ever done this to you, I am sincerely sorry.Accept my profound apologies

~ Eniitan Akinola

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Failure is a friend if we can see past the face of the foe that we project on it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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...this cryptic game of hide-and-seek is what makes it one of the greatest historical mysteries. So many of the symbols can be interpreted in so many different ways, there's always the possibility that all we're really looking at is a blank slate onto which anything can be read.

~ Brad Meltzer

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Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes there solution. Within this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

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I paved the path to the very place I don’t want to be. But passing the blame off to someone else doesn’t put me any place else.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

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It’s the remarkable thing about academics: they look at Shakespeare and always see their own faces in him.

~ Amanda Craig

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