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To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try… — Martha Beck
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. — Martha Beck
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from… — Martha Beck
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. — Martha Beck
You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school. — Martha Beck
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems. — Martha Beck
I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in… — Martha Beck
Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help… — Martha Beck
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of… — Joseph Addison
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. — Joseph Addison
I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts from all my… — Kate Beckinsale
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you… — Robert Foster Bennett
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
Hope is a contraband passed from hand to hand and story to story. — John Berger
I'm not materialistic. I believe in presents from the heart, like a drawing that a child does. — Victoria Beckham
I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from the front, from the back,… — Victoria Beckham
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. — Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. — Henry Ward Beecher
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. — Henry Ward Beecher
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown. — Henry Ward Beecher
With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts. — Joseph Addison
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. — Henry Ward Beecher
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in… — Joseph Addison

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