Becoming Quote by John Powell

“There is no fixed, true and real person inside of you or me, precisely because being a person necessarily implies becoming a person, being in process.”

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He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough.

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A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

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Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned.

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You can't reinvent yourself for every movie.

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