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Selected from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations - February 20, 2015
If you explore beneath shyness or party chit-chat, you can sometimes turn a dull exchange into an intriguing one. I've found this to be particularly true in the case of professors or intellectuals, who are full of fascinating information, but need encouragement before they'll divulge it.
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Joyce Carol Oates (1938 - )  
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)  
Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.
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Robert S. McNamara (1916 - ), former U.S. Secretary of Defense  
Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you.
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Daniel Raeburn, The New Yorker, 05-01-2006  
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