Jamaica KincaidI was a new person then, I knew things I had not known before, I knew things that you can know only if you have been through what I had just been through.
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I was a new person then, I knew things I had not known before, I knew things that you can know only if you have been through what I had just been through. In this quote from the movie Dirty Harry, Clint Eastwood is telling us that when we get to know ourselves better, we can do things that we cannot do when we are in the midst of our quirks and habits. People who are not aware of their own faults or weaknesses will not be able to see how much they blocked themselves from the rest of the world. They will never understand how much they need someone to help them see their faults.
Source: The Autobiography Of My Mother
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