"When people tell you who they are, Maya……" — Maria Popova
"When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and absolutely nothing about you."
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13 Quotes by Maria Popova
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Build pockets of stillness into your life.
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Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.
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Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.
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Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much…
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