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Britain's withdrawal from the E.U., like Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, is based on a false belief in self-reliance.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Based Belief Between Britain Build Donald False Like Mexico Proposal Self-Reliance Trump Wall Withdrawal

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The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser. The deeper you look into other souls - and writing is primarily an exercise in doing just that - the clearer people's inherent dignity becomes.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Anyone Anyone Else Becomes Clearer Deeper Dignity Doing Else Exercise Inherent Just Lesser Look Make Mistake Other People Perceive Primarily Souls Worst Writing You

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Never forget that the truest luxury is imagination, and that being a writer gives you the leeway to exploit all of the imagination's curious intricacies, to be what you were, what you are, what you will be, and what everyone else is or was or will be, too.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Being Curious Else Everyone Everyone Else Exploit Forget Gives Imagination Luxury Never Never Forget Too Truest Were Will Writer You

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Most people imagine that resolving particular problems will make them happy. If only one had more money, or love, or success, then life would feel manageable. It can be devastating to realize the falseness of such tempered optimism.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Devastating Feel Had Happy Imagine Life Love Make Manageable Money More Most Only Optimism Particular People Problems Realize Resolving Success Tempered Them Then Will Would

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A great hope gets crushed every time someone reminds us that happiness can be neither assumed nor earned; that we are all prisoners of our own flawed brains; that the ultimate aloneness in each of us is, finally, inviolable.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Assumed Brains Crushed Each Earned Every Every Time Finally Flawed Gets Great Great Hope Happiness Hope Neither Nor Our Own Prisoners Reminds Someone Time Ultimate Us

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I'm endlessly intrigued by stories, and I love helping someone to formulate his or her story. I can drift off when I'm reading pure abstraction, but the narratives of human lives hold my attention every time.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Abstraction Attention Drift Endlessly Every Every Time Formulate Helping Her His Hold Human Intrigued Lives Love Narratives Off Pure Reading Someone Stories Story Time I Love I Can

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When you close down your borders, you're helping people build up a lot of hate toward you. That ungenerosity is not only not very attractive, from a moral and social standpoint, but also it's not very effective as a means of defending the country.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Also Attractive Borders Build Close Country Defending Down Effective Hate Helping Helping People Lot Means Moral Only People Social Standpoint Toward Up Very You Your

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I was kind of a scaredy-cat as a kid, and I made a very deliberate decision at some point that I was not going to let fear rule my life or determine my experience. That wasn't so easily accomplished.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Accomplished Decision Deliberate Determine Easily Experience Fear Going Kid Kind Life Made My Life Point Rule Some Very

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My risk tolerance is higher than some people's, but it's not nearly as high as some people's. I don't want to exaggerate my bravado. I haven't been on the front lines. I haven't ever stepped on a land mine.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Been Ever Exaggerate Front Front Lines High Higher Land Lines Mine Nearly People Risk Some Stepped Than Tolerance Want

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One the one hand, the simple fact that there are children and that I do have an effect on them has been one of the most potent antidepressants that I've ever had. And on the other hand, there are moments when I feel imprisoned by the reality that I can no longer make my decisions just for myself, that I have to consider the interests of others.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Been Children Consider Decisions Effect Ever Fact Feel Had Hand Imprisoned Interests Just Longer Make Moments Most Myself Other Others Potent Reality Simple Simple Fact Them I Feel I Can

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Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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