[The satirist] must fully ...

[The satirist] must fully possess, at least in the world of the imagination, the quality the lack of which he is deriding in others.
[The satirist] must fully possess, at least in the world of the imagination, the quality the lack of which he is deriding in others.
 Rebecca West

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
You have inside you the capacity to invest your mental, emotional, and spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies God, impacts the world, and satisfies your own soul. I believe that-and I want you to believe it, too.
 David Jeremiah

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He is every other inch a gentleman.
 Rebecca West
Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.
 Rebecca West
Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust.
 Rebecca West
Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.
 Rebecca West
It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.
 Rebecca West