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I was a confident fuck-up. I did drugs, and I went to concerts, and I snuck out of the house and I did all that stuff that rebellious teenagers do.

— Gillian Anderson

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I have feminist bones and when I hear things or see people react to women in certain ways I have very little tolerance.

I wouldn't say I'm normal, but I'm relatively stable. When I think of normalcy I think of mediocrity and mediocrity scares the fuck out of me.

Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.

Either everything matters or nothing does.

The Sound of Seas (2016)

Is that the ultimate paradox of life, she wondered, that the universe should become less clear with age?

A Vision of Fire (2014)

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The wise treat self-respect as non-negotiable, and will not trade it for health or wealth or anything else.

Thomas Szasz The Second Sin (1973)

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

John Herschel A Toolbox for Humanity : More Than 9000 Years of Thought (2004)

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

Martha Gellhorn Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir (1978)

If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Insulted and the Injured (1861)

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