A sense of absurdity ...

A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.
A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.

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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
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton

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Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
You know you're in love when you stop comparing.
Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us.