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““we learn best by placing our 'confidence in men and women whose examples invite us to love what they love'(Robert Wilken).””

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Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all critics -…

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I sometimes lie awake at night and try to imagine what would be the best period in history to spend one's seventy-odd years.

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To my mind, 'Dear Brutus' stands halfway between Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 'Into the Woods'. Like them,…

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The goal of a just society should be to provide satisfying work with a living wage to all its citizens.

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Most lyric poetry is about love, whether yearned after, fulfilled, or wistfully regretted; what isn't tends to consist of laments and cris du coeur…

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“Books, by their very nature and variety, help us grow in empathy for others, in tolerance and awareness. But they should increase our skepticism…

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My gift, if that's not too grandiose a term, is one for describing novels, biographies, and works of history in such a way that…

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Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content…

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My wife tells me I should check out 'Downton Abbey', but I gather that series might be almost too intense for my temperate nature.

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A reviewer's lot is not always an easy one. I can remember flogging myself to finish Harold Brodkey's 'The Runaway Soul' despite the novel's…

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I once read that in vaudeville, it was often the straight guy who got paid more than the comic because that's the tougher job.…

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From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the December issue of almost any general-interest magazine regularly featured a holiday horror or two.

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I was just confident my work was good.

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I am confident when I take the penalty otherwise I would pass for somebody else.

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I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into…

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One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself…

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My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love.

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Confidence comes from cutting yourself some slack.

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I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not.

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You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but…

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Get to know yourself well enough to not only expect, but also control, your response to the unexpected challenges in life.

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The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.

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I look for someone who has confidence. Also someone whose energetic, cause I'm NOT that energetic.

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