We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
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Study to be what you wish to seem.
Study to be what you wish to seem.
He who stops being better stops being good.
He who stops being better stops being good.
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I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
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One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
