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Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.".
Don't trust anyone over 30 who used to say "Don't trust anyone over 30.".
Advice: the smallest current coin.
Advice: the smallest current coin.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
Nobody can do it for you.
Nobody can do it for you.
Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
The great recipe for success is to work, and always work.
The great recipe for success is to work, and always work.
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.
