#ego

Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#back #bridle #broke #brought #bullet

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#combined #ego #get #huge #long

My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#april #biggest #gregory #hero #him

The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#bodies #ego #little #permanent

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#bottom #children #crazy #distinction #egos

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#comprehension #great #lack #literally #meant

Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation. ↗

— John Major

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Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. ↗

— David Mamet

#conscious #constant #culture #evolves #exists

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#contracts #enter #free #free men #freedom

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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