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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather enga
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"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters"

- Margaret Halsey

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