You’ll stop caring what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.

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"You get to consciously decide what has meaning and what doesn’t. You get to decide what to worship."

- David Foster Wallace

Awareness

"You’ll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do."

- David Foster Wallace

Awareness

"We’re all lonely for something we don’t know we’re lonely for."

- David Foster Wallace

Adversity

"I guess a big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader... imaginative access to other selves."

- David Foster Wallace

Empathy

"I guess a big part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in her own skull, to give her imaginative access to other selves."

- David Foster Wallace

Empathy

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"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

Self-awareness

"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

Self-awareness

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

Self-awareness