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“Flirting is a cheap, dangerous shortcut to get something you can't hold after you get it.”

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Margery Wilson, a distinguished film actress, was born on October 31, 1896, and passed away on January 21, 1986. She had a rich career in the film industry, known for her unique acting skills and diverse character portrayals. more

“Speaking of opinions, the charming woman does not air hers very freely. The crude woman is eager to let you know what she thinks of every matter, person or object that bobs up. She comments on every passing item - even in public, as you may have noticed. Not only is it bad taste for her to be so desperately interested in her own reactions and opinions - but she throws away the precious aura of reserve and mystery that makes a woman attractive.”

Thinking Knows May Persons Doe Matter Opinion Air Mystery Objects Taste Reactions Passing Passings Attractive Comment Bob Reserves Charming Items Crude Auras Bad Taste Charming Woman

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“You can never be free from limitation until you are willing to recognize that you and you alone are responsible for what you are. After you have passed infancy you are not a victim of anything but your own thinking.”

Thinking Responsibility Willing Responsible Victim Limitation Infancy

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“a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it.”

Persons Names Worthy Offended Diplomats Not Worthy

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“All life is a delusion of the senses.”

Life Is Senses Delusion

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“The steadily inward look leads us all to death, nations as well as persons, and is equally infantile in them all. Perhaps the most useful thing I have learned in my lifetime is that the process of maturing gradually turns the mind away from the small-self to the greater-self that is only served by serving others.”

Mind Wells Looks Persons Self Turns Nations Process Greater Lifetime Serving Mature I Have Learned Inward Serving Others Infantile Useful Things

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“No one could have been more surprised than I at my successes, and yet deep within me there was acknowledgment that had I not succeeded, I would have been equally surprised.”

Has Beens Success Could Have Been Deep Within Acknowledgment

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“So few people can think and talk at the same time.”

People Thinking Talking

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“Try to think of your thoughts as boomerangs - that is actually what they are - except that our thoughts multiply and each returns to us with a brood like itself.”

Thinking Trying Return Our Thoughts Think Of You Boomerang

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