Our mistakes make us interesting.

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Self-doubt is the beginning of wisdom.

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Sometimes, two goldfish in a bowl are enough.

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The art of writing is the art of knowing what to leave out.

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Cliches are aphorisms that have become victims of their own success.

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Metaphor lives a secret life all around us. We utter about six metaphors a minute. Metaphorical thinking is essential to how we understand ourselves and others, how we communicate, learn, discover and invent. But metaphor is a way of thought before it is a way with words.

James Geary in Metaphorically speaking (2009)
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