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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. — Barry Bonds
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. — James Agee
Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own,… — Vanna Bonta
Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires… — Daniel Boone
My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other. — Russell Brand
As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We… — Daniel J. Boorstin
To listen to your own silence is the key to comedy. — Elayne Boosler
I have always put my own money into Tails of Joy. For years, every time a dog walked by, my husband would say, 'There goes… — Elayne Boosler
While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures cutting their own throats; they… — Elayne Boosler
Pick up any newspaper or magazine, open the TV, and you'll be bombarded with suggestions of how to have a successful life. Some of these… — Alain de Botton
I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school. — Christina Aguilera
When I was writing 'Kitchen Confidential,' I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my… — Anthony Bourdain
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. — Randolph Bourne
In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. — Elizabeth Bowen
I don't even watch my own show: I tape it, I'm out. — Christina Aguilera
It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that… — David Bowie
Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes. — Barbara Boxer
We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands.… — Barbara Boxer
I don't want to believe my own hype. — Christina Aguilera
I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace. — Christina Aguilera
You can't tell someone they are wrong about their own life. — Danny Boyle
In order to effect great change, we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally. — Christina Aguilera
You don't read in your own field. You read in that field when you're young, so that you can learn. — Ray Bradbury

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