Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those w…

Gregory Maguire
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Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.
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It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.
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Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

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